Passed away at home.
Son of Roby and Iva Pierce Franklin.
Married Patricia Jessup January 1955. She survives.
Also surviving are daughters Lee Anne (Bob) Meyers, Jeri (Matt) Wellman and Joanna (Duffy) Mullen; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother William (June) Franklin.
He was preceded in death by sister Ruby Ollis; and brothers Millard, Ray and Joe.
Earned a GED equivalency in the Army.
Served in the U.S. Army from October 1948 until June 1952, when he was honorably discharged.
After leaving the Army he was employed as a clerk-typist for IBM in Indianapolis. He also took advantage of the G.I. Bill and enrolled at the Indiana University Extension with the goal of earning a college degree.
Retired central Indiana news photographer and freelance photojournalist. Grady also had been employed by Western Electric, where he was a section chief and editor of The Dial Tone. His talents as a freelancer were used by numerous publications, businesses and civic organizations. These included The Indianapolis Star and News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Indianapolis Power & Light Co., Indiana Bell Telephone Co., the Indiana Bankers Association, (as well as many central Indiana banks), Goodwill Industries, The Boy Scouts of America, Indiana Gas Co. and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Grady was a longtime Boy Scout leader in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia and an avid fisherman.
He was a longtime member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and was a current member of the Sheridan First United Methodist Church.
Services noon Saturday Nov. 5, at the Sheridan First United Methodist Church with Rev. Carol Frits officiating.
Visitation 11am until time of service.
Kercheval Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
Memorial donations to the First United Church of Sheridan.
Son of Roby and Iva Pierce Franklin.
Married Patricia Jessup January 1955. She survives.
Also surviving are daughters Lee Anne (Bob) Meyers, Jeri (Matt) Wellman and Joanna (Duffy) Mullen; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother William (June) Franklin.
He was preceded in death by sister Ruby Ollis; and brothers Millard, Ray and Joe.
Earned a GED equivalency in the Army.
Served in the U.S. Army from October 1948 until June 1952, when he was honorably discharged.
After leaving the Army he was employed as a clerk-typist for IBM in Indianapolis. He also took advantage of the G.I. Bill and enrolled at the Indiana University Extension with the goal of earning a college degree.
Retired central Indiana news photographer and freelance photojournalist. Grady also had been employed by Western Electric, where he was a section chief and editor of The Dial Tone. His talents as a freelancer were used by numerous publications, businesses and civic organizations. These included The Indianapolis Star and News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Indianapolis Power & Light Co., Indiana Bell Telephone Co., the Indiana Bankers Association, (as well as many central Indiana banks), Goodwill Industries, The Boy Scouts of America, Indiana Gas Co. and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Grady was a longtime Boy Scout leader in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia and an avid fisherman.
He was a longtime member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and was a current member of the Sheridan First United Methodist Church.
Services noon Saturday Nov. 5, at the Sheridan First United Methodist Church with Rev. Carol Frits officiating.
Visitation 11am until time of service.
Kercheval Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
Memorial donations to the First United Church of Sheridan.
Passed away at home.
Son of Roby and Iva Pierce Franklin.
Married Patricia Jessup January 1955. She survives.
Also surviving are daughters Lee Anne (Bob) Meyers, Jeri (Matt) Wellman and Joanna (Duffy) Mullen; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother William (June) Franklin.
He was preceded in death by sister Ruby Ollis; and brothers Millard, Ray and Joe.
Earned a GED equivalency in the Army.
Served in the U.S. Army from October 1948 until June 1952, when he was honorably discharged.
After leaving the Army he was employed as a clerk-typist for IBM in Indianapolis. He also took advantage of the G.I. Bill and enrolled at the Indiana University Extension with the goal of earning a college degree.
Retired central Indiana news photographer and freelance photojournalist. Grady also had been employed by Western Electric, where he was a section chief and editor of The Dial Tone. His talents as a freelancer were used by numerous publications, businesses and civic organizations. These included The Indianapolis Star and News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Indianapolis Power & Light Co., Indiana Bell Telephone Co., the Indiana Bankers Association, (as well as many central Indiana banks), Goodwill Industries, The Boy Scouts of America, Indiana Gas Co. and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Grady was a longtime Boy Scout leader in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia and an avid fisherman.
He was a longtime member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and was a current member of the Sheridan First United Methodist Church.
Services noon Saturday Nov. 5, at the Sheridan First United Methodist Church with Rev. Carol Frits officiating.
Visitation 11am until time of service.
Kercheval Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
Memorial donations to the First United Church of Sheridan.
Son of Roby and Iva Pierce Franklin.
Married Patricia Jessup January 1955. She survives.
Also surviving are daughters Lee Anne (Bob) Meyers, Jeri (Matt) Wellman and Joanna (Duffy) Mullen; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother William (June) Franklin.
He was preceded in death by sister Ruby Ollis; and brothers Millard, Ray and Joe.
Earned a GED equivalency in the Army.
Served in the U.S. Army from October 1948 until June 1952, when he was honorably discharged.
After leaving the Army he was employed as a clerk-typist for IBM in Indianapolis. He also took advantage of the G.I. Bill and enrolled at the Indiana University Extension with the goal of earning a college degree.
Retired central Indiana news photographer and freelance photojournalist. Grady also had been employed by Western Electric, where he was a section chief and editor of The Dial Tone. His talents as a freelancer were used by numerous publications, businesses and civic organizations. These included The Indianapolis Star and News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Indianapolis Power & Light Co., Indiana Bell Telephone Co., the Indiana Bankers Association, (as well as many central Indiana banks), Goodwill Industries, The Boy Scouts of America, Indiana Gas Co. and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Grady was a longtime Boy Scout leader in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia and an avid fisherman.
He was a longtime member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and was a current member of the Sheridan First United Methodist Church.
Services noon Saturday Nov. 5, at the Sheridan First United Methodist Church with Rev. Carol Frits officiating.
Visitation 11am until time of service.
Kercheval Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
Memorial donations to the First United Church of Sheridan.
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