Obituaries: Lige Franks, 1973, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: August 29, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Lige Franks, 78, WW I Veteran, Dies August 22

Lige Franks, 78, of Winnfield, died Wednesday, August 22, 1973 in the Veterans
Hospital in Alexandria after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday in the Sanders Chapel Church with
the Rev. Roy Moore officiating.  Burial was in the Sanders Cemetery under the
direction of the Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Franks was a veteran of World War I and a commercial fisherman.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Fannie Franks; three stepsons, Lelve Franks
of Calvin, Jim Franks of Detroit, Texas, and Louis Franks of Edwards, Calif.;
two step daughters, Mrs. Annie Bell Waller of Winnfield and Mrs. Lena Mae
Bryant of Ringgold; a sister, Mrs. Carrie Blackstock of Winnfield.