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Submitted: 8/30/22 • Approved: 8/30/22 • Last Updated: 9/2/22 • R1445311-G1445311-S3
March 1, 1891 - March 14, 1963
Wife of James Walter Franklin
*Obituary
Mrs. Grace Franklin, 72 years old, died Thursday March 14, 1963 while visiting relatives at Cleburne, Texas. Mrs. Franklin, a resident of Van Buren, Arkansas for 15 years, was a member of the Free Will Baptist church.
Survivors include two sons; Vincent and John Franklin; three daughters; Madelin Cradduck Kathleen Montgomery, and Gladys Mankins; three brothers Herman, Elmer,and Roy; four sisters; Clara, Edna, Vista and Edith; 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at 2 o'clock Saturday at the Bethlehem Free Will Baptist church at Van Buren, Arkansas. Officiating were Gilbert Pixley and Rupert Pixley. Burial was at Mt. McCurry Cemetery near Rudy under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 8/30/22 by Billsully060
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