Wife of Floyd L. Franklin, married Jan. 28, 1931.

Ida M. Franklin, 92, of the Hopewell community died Friday, Feb. 25, 2005 at the Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born near Dabney on April 30, 1912 the daughter of Abraham and Maude Jenkins Barricklow. She was married to Floyd Franklin on January 28, 1931 and he preceded her in death on September 20, 1990. Survivors include four sons, Allen Franklin and his wife Louella, Gene Franklin and his wife Shirley, and Frank Franklin and his wife Myrtie all of Horton and Ben Franklin and his wife Henrietta of Versailles, three daughters, Leota Conover of Holton, Eva Mae Wagoner and her husband Charles of Lake Placid, Florida and Rowena Sanders and her husband Robert of Murray, Kentucky; 28 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, son-in-law Egbert Conover, granddaughter, Lisa Franklin, ten brothers, Ben, Henry, John, Joe, Louis, George, Cecil, Jim, Forest and Tom Barricklow; sisters Marjorie Burns, Daisy Williams and Althea Pickett. Mrs. Franklin attended the Dabney School and was a 1930 graduate of Holton High School. She was a member of the Dabney Baptist Church and attended the Hopewell Baptist Church. Mrs. Franklin had worked at Muscatatuck and also had worked as a cook at the Holton School. Funeral services will be held Monday February 28th at 1 pm at the Hopewell Baptist Church with Rev. David Shivers officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, February 27th from 3 pm to 7 pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles. Memorials may be given to the Hopewell Baptist Church or the Holton Fire Department in care of the funeral home.