Obit:  Chester M. Franks, 1974, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Yvonne J. Jones, 10329 Mammoth Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70814
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From:  Winn Parish Enterprise, July 1974

Chester Franks Dies After Brief Illness

Funeral services for Chester Franks, 63, of Winnfield, will be held at 
2 p.m. Thursday in the Sanders Chapel Methodist Church near Calvin with 
the Revs. E. B. Barton and Grafton Shaw officiating.

Mr. Franks was in road construction and a member of Sanders Chapel 
Methodist Church.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Southern 
Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Franks died Monday July 15, 1974 in a local hospital here after a 
short illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lottie B. Franks of Winnfield; four 
sons, L.C. Franks, Edward Franks, Steve Franks, all of Winnfield, and 
Kenneth Dale Franks of Shreveport; two daughters, Mrs. Shara Attilene 
Gsthol of Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. Beatrice Day Henderson of Manilla, 
Phillippines; one brother, Parker Franks of Gibsland; three sisters, 
Mrs. Gladys Leeper, Mrs. Joy Ates and Mrs. Adelle Carson, all of 
Winnfield; one half-sister, Mrs. Annie Atkins of Goldonna; and 11 
grandchildren.