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Submitted: 8/18/12 • Approved: 1/3/13 • Last Updated: 1/6/13 • R743137-G0-S3
9 Oct 1942 - 20 Jul 2001
Eddie Webster Franklin
Eddie Webster Franklin, age 58, of Crossett, died Friday, July 20, 2001, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock as a result of an industrial accident at Georgia-Pacific. He was born on October 9, 1942, to Cody Turner and Maxine Birmingham Franklin in Magnolia. Mr. Franklin worked 37 years for Georgia-Pacific as a general mechanic. He was a Navy veteran for four years, having served on two aircraft carriers, the USS Lexington and the USS Saratoga. Mr. Franklin was a member of the First Baptist Church and loved baseball, softball and cars.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Mickey Franklin of Crossett; two daughters, Dianne White and husband Paul of Monroe, LA, and Laura Creach and husband Johnny of Crossett; one sister, Cody Jane Burchfield and husband Larry of Ashdown; two grandchildren, Chris and Kasey White of Monroe; his step-father, Jett Aubrey of Magnolia and a brother, Grady Mike Franklin of Texarkana; a niece, Jodi Burchfield; a nephew, Brad Burchfield; and two great-nieces, Abby and Aubrey Burchfield, all of Ashdown.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25, at First Baptist Church with Bro. Roy Craig and Dr. William Henry officiating. Interment will follow at Bell Cemetery in Wilmot under the direction of Jones Funeral Home of Crossett.
Honorary pallbearers will be the old utilities crew and all G.P. employees.
Contributed on 8/18/12 by deltabelle55
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