Obituary: Thomas Reed Franks

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FRANKS, LT. (Jg) THOMAS REED Funeral services for Lieutenant (Jg)
Thomas Reed Franks, U. S. N. R., who was killed April 16, 1945 
while serving with the USN will be held Thursday afternoon at 
2:30 in the Sangston Funeral Home, McClellandtown, with the Rev. David
Hunter officiating. Burial will be in Church Hill cemetery. 
Military rites at the graveside will be conducted by the American
Legion Fort Mason Post 423 and the Faith Gray McArdle Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers: James A. Gault, Samuel Shuss,
Paul Evans, Robert Newcomer, Wendell McGinnis, and George Lilley, Jr.
Lr. Franks was a member of the German Township High school faculty 
from September 1937 until he enlisted in the Navy on December 3, 1943.
Following his enlistment, he trained at Cornell university, Norfolk,
Va.; Philadelphia, and St. Simons Island, Georgia, and at the time 
of his death was serving aboard the U.S.S. Bryant In the
Asiatic theater at the time of his death, He is survived by his 
widow, Mrs. Margaret Coffman Franks, and one son, Thomas Lee Franks. 
He was the son of J. Presley Franks and the late, Bessie M. Franks 
of Houston, Texas. Also surviving are two brothers, Donald M. Franks 
of Houston, Texas,and Kenneth P. Franks, of Uniontown.