Obituary of William H. (Bill) Franklin, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clipping at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, February 21, 1990


Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.
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William H. (Bill) Franklin

William H. (Bill) Franklin, 57, of Magnolia Community, died at 11:40 p.m.
Thursday, February 15, 1990, at the Veterans Administration medical Center in
Alexandria after a six month bout with cancer.

Franklin was a retired U.S. Army specialist, with two trips to Vietnam during
the Vietnam Conflict. He retired with 21 years service in 1973 and later
joined Humphries Motors Inc. as a mechanic where he worked until sickness
caused him to retire last summer. He was also a member of Midway Baptist
Church of Jena.

Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Kinner and Stevens
Funeral Home of Jena with Rev. Rick Feazell and Craig Franklin, officiating.

Interment followed at Woodland Cemetery under direction of Kinner and Stevens
Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Verlene Franklin of Magnolia Community; three
daughters, Kathy Taylor of New Orleans; Melba Fields of Monroe and Alice
Otwell of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters, Euna Mae Phillips of Columbia nad
Katherine Ellerbe of Grayson; three brothers, Wavle B. Franklin of Columbia;
Sammy J. Franklin of Jena; and George M. Franklin of Oklahoma; and one
grandson.

Full military honors were conducted during interment at Woodland Cemetery of
Jena. Personnel from the 588th Engineers Division, Devil Troop Brigade of Ft.
Polk were pallbearers and conducted the military burial.

Honorary pallbearers were employees of Humphries Motors Inc. of Jena.