The Rev. J. D. Entrikin and the Rev. K. G. Brooks officiated, with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near here.
Mr. Franklin died Sunday at Golden Age Nursing Home in Jena after a long illness.
He was a retired logger.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eune Mae Phillips of Grayson and Mrs. Kathrine Ellerbee [sic Katherine Ellerbe] of Columbia; five sons, Wavle Franklin of Columbia, Tommy Franklin of Monroe, William Franklin, Sammy Franklin, and George Franklin, all of Jena; three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Riley of Sicily Island, Mrs. Ida Culpepper of Pasadena, Tex.; and Mrs. Lillie Call of Shreveport; 24 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 18, 1974
The Rev. J. D. Entrikin and the Rev. K. G. Brooks officiated, with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near here.
Mr. Franklin died Sunday at Golden Age Nursing Home in Jena after a long illness.
He was a retired logger.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eune Mae Phillips of Grayson and Mrs. Kathrine Ellerbee [sic Katherine Ellerbe] of Columbia; five sons, Wavle Franklin of Columbia, Tommy Franklin of Monroe, William Franklin, Sammy Franklin, and George Franklin, all of Jena; three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Riley of Sicily Island, Mrs. Ida Culpepper of Pasadena, Tex.; and Mrs. Lillie Call of Shreveport; 24 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 18, 1974
Family Members
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Euna Mae Franklin Phillips
1926–1991
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Wavle Bruce Franklin
1928–2009
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Tommy Faye "PeeWee" Franklin
1929–1989
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Cecil Dale Franklin
1931–1931
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William H "Bill" Franklin
1933–1990
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Bobbie Ruth Franklin
1934–1935
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Linnie Nell Franklin
1937–1940
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Sammy Jones Franklin
1940–2022
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Katherine Jean Franklin Ellerbe
1943–2014
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George Melvin Franklin
1945–2007
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