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Submitted: 10/19/19 • Approved: 2/23/20 • Last Updated: 2/26/20 • R236784-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army
World War II
October 14, 1918 - November 28, 2007
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Victor P. Franklin Sr., 89, of El Dorado, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Medical Center of South Arkansas.
He was born Oct. 14, 1918, in Ogden, and was the son of Oran Palmer Franklin and Maple Franklin. He served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he was awarded two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He attended AM&N College in Pine Bluff. He was a member of First Baptist Church on Cordell, where he was a member of the Male Chorus, trustee board and the Finance Committee. He retired as an auditor with the Arkansas Employment Security Division.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Theodore Franklin; and a sister, Irene Arvin.
Survivors include his wife, Trevia Clark Franklin of El Dorado; three sons, Oran P. Franklin III of El Dorado, G. Bernard Franklin of Little Rock and Victor Franklin Jr., of San Diego; one daughter, Lisa Harrison of Sacramento, Calif.; one sister, Johnie Cue Blake of Tallahassee, Fla.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, 620 Cordell, with the Rev. William Jamerson officiating.
Burial will be in Little Hope Cemetery in Spearsville, La., under the direction of Andrews Funeral Home.
Public viewing will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Contributed on 10/19/19 by debbraszymanski
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