Obituary: William J. Franks

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FRANKS, WILLIAM J., age 71 years and one month, died at his 
home near McClellandtown Saturday morning, June 22, 1946, at 
1:25 o'clock. Mr. Franks was a
lifelong resident of German Township and was a member of 
the Grace Chapel
Presbyterian church, High House. His wife, Clara Coffman 
Franks, preceded him in death
July 5, 1944. He is survived by the following children: 
Mrs. Amadee Moore, George and
Mrs. David Forsythe, all of Uniontown; Wendell of Messmore, 
Mrs. Martin Davis of
Leckrone and Ray, at home. Also surviving are the following 
brothers and sisters: A. J.
Franks of Leckrone, Elmer of Newcomer, Pa., Mrs. William 
Martin and Mrs. I. W. Ross
of Uniontown, and six grandchildren. Brief services will 
be held in the home of his son,
Wendell Franks, Messmore, Tuesday, June 25, at 2 p. m., 
and followed by additional
services in Church Hill Presbyterian Church, McClellandtown, 
with Rev. David Hunter
officiating. Interment in the church cemetery, under the 
direction of the Sangston Funeral
Home. McClellandtown, Pallbearers: A. A. Proudstone, 
Thomas Hostetler, Lyman
Coldren, Claude Snell, Clyde Snell, Samuel Sapper, 
Mahlon Franks, Ed Guseman.