Bryan Co., OK; Obituary: Sam Franklin - f652


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THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT
Survivors names omitted.
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THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT   DEC. 20, 1998

Sam Franklin, 81

Sam Franklin, 81, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998 at a local 
hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Franklin ranched 
on the homestead settled by his pioneer Bryan County family 
in the Mead community.

He attended Mead schools and served in the U. S. Army during 
World War II. He was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian 
church where he served as deacon and elder.

Mr. Franklin retired from the Oklahoma Tax Commission in 1980.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam Franklin, Sr. and 
Vivian Keirsey Franklin and brother, Charles Franklin.

Services will be Highland Cemetery in Durant under the direction 
of Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home.