Update History - Earnest James Vining

May 2026 — created entry; sources: 1940 US census (in Hezekiah “Kie” Vining household, Florida, age 3), Find a Grave memorial, Florida marriage index (Earnest Vining and Pamela Rae Libert, January 1960, certificate 967, vol. 1860), Florida divorce index (Earnest Vining and Pamela L. Vining, March 1966, Hamilton County, certificate 4711), and obituary of son Bruce Edward Vining; gravestone reads “Earnest James Vining” while Bruce's obituary spells the father's name “Ernest” (Find a Grave) (Bruce E. Vining obituary)