Editing Earle, Arkansas (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Charles T. Bernard]] (1927 – 2015), businessman and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician
*[[Carroll Cloar]] (1913 – 1993), surrealist painter and [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] recipient.
*[[Shakey Jake Harris]] (1921 – 1990), [[Chicago blues]] singer, [[List of harmonicists|harmonicist]] and songwriter
*[[Jaylen Smith (politician)|Jaylen Smith]] (born 2004), Mayor of Earle, youngest Black Mayor in the US and one of the youngest US mayors of any race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wreg.com/news/mid-south/jaylen-smith-countrys-youngest-black-mayor-sworn-in/|title=Jaylen Smith, country's youngest black mayor, sworn in|first=Marcus|last=Hunterg|publisher=WREG|date=January 1, 2022|accessdate=January 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the 18-year-old who just became the youngest Black mayor in the country |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/meet-18-year-old-just-became-youngest-black-mayor-country-rcna60644 |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=NBC News |date=December 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mizelle |first=Shawna |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Arkansas city elects 18-year-old to be next mayor {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/jaylen-smith-earle-arkansas-mayor/index.html |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*[[George Berry Washington]] (1864 – 1928), a former slave who became one of Crittenden County's largest landowners<ref name="GBW">{{cite web |title=George Berry Washington Memorial |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7970 |access-date=November 11, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Wilson Douglas Watson]] (1922 – 1994), recipient of the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for actions on Iwo Jima<ref>{{Cite web|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/wilson-douglas-watson-4736/|access-date=February 12, 2022|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|language=en-US}}</ref>