Obit of Franklin, Mamie Thompson - McCurtain County, Oklahoma
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::Greenlawn Memorial Park--Bakersfield CA

Bakersfield Californian

Mamie Thompson Franklin

Services: Mon., Feb. 11, 1:00 p.m.

Graveside services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 
River Blvd. Reverend John Piercy of the United Pentecostal Church of 
Arvin will officiate. Mamie was born on May 2, 1911, in Golden, 
Oklahoma to Andrew and Nancy (Newsom) Gilbert and passed away 
February 7, 2002, in Arvin, CA. She moved to the Arvin/Lamont area 
with her family in 1943 and resided there until 1999 when she moved 
to Castlewood Retirement Center in Bakersfield. She was preceded in 
death by her husbands Newton Edward Thompson in 1959 and Everett Bud 
Franklin in 1999 and her son Kenneth Thompson in 1988. She is 
survived by her son Leonard F. (Len) Thompson and his wife Wanda of 
Lamont and her daughter-in-law Ann Thompson of Idaho. She was a 
loving Granny to her four grandchildren Rick Thompson, Terri Hall, 
Kay Ogden and Karen Mann, 10 great grandchildren and four great, 
great grandchildren. She is also survived by her stepdaughter, Janet 
Harrison of New Mexico, stepson Bill Franklin of Nevada and numerous 
nieces, nephews and step grandchildren in Oklahoma, Texas and 
California. The family wishes to express thanks and appreciation to 
her many friends, the Staff at Evergreen-Arvin and Optimal Hospice 
for their prayers, support and loving care to Mamie and her family 
during her illness, donations to Optimal Hospice will be greatly 
appreciated. Visitation begins today at 12:00 p.m. God looked around 
His garden, and found an empty space, He looked down upon the earth, 
and saw your tired face, He put His arms around you, and lifted you 
to rest, Gods garden must be beautiful, for He only takes the best. 
He saw the roads were getting rough, and the hills were hard to 
climb, so He closed your pretty eyes, and whispered peace be thine. 
It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didnt go alone, for part of 
us went with you, the day God took you home. Greenlawn Mortuary 
Funeral Directors
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