Tarrant County Obituaries – John David Franks, Jr. *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Coble Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***********************************************   Fort Worth Star-Telgram (Used by permission from Fort Worth Star-Telegram) February 7, 1993     MANSFIELD – John David Franks, Jr., 82, a retired farmer, died Friday at a Mansfield hospital. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield.  Burial:  Mansfield Cemetery. Mr. Franks was born in Fort Worth and lived in Mansfield most of his life.  He was a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Worth.  He married Frances Athleen (Leat) Foster, Nov. 29, 1932, in Fort Worth. Survivors:  Wife of more than 60 years, Frances Athleen (Leat) Franks of Mansfield; two sons, John Charles Franks of Copperas Cove and Morris David Franks of Arlington; daughter, Ollie Rose McGill of Sherman; sister, Violet Elizabeth Foster of Arlington; brother, George William Franks of Waskom; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.