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Submitted: 1/12/14 • Approved: 1/13/14 • Last Updated: 3/24/18 • R8005-G8004-S3
December 13, 1871 - August 9, 1948
Born in Alabama to William James M Skipper, 1849-1938 & Martha Ann Lucas, 1855-1941
Sister to
Maggie Skipper Shepherd (1878---) Texas
James William Skipper (1880 - 1948) Texas
Annie J Skipper McCoy (1882 - 1956) Texas
Addie Mae Skipper Nettles (1884 - 1972) Texas
Mollie M Skipper Slack (1886 - 1984) Texas
Ada F Skipper Morrow (1889 - 1967) Louisiana
Mattie A Skipper Bates (1892 - 1925) Louisiana
Wife of Code Phennel died 1899
Wife of Francis E Franklin 1859-1920
Mother of James Curtis Phennel, Junie Mae Franklin (Welch), Zack Francis Franklin
Step Children: Ernest Eugene Franklin, Arrie D Franklin (Skipper), Claude Clinton Franklin, Dosier Reid Franklin and Noel Lester Franklin.
Funeral services were held under the direction of Conger funeral home of Arcadia at Rocky Mount Church at Ringgold. Mrs. Franklin is survived by one son, James Curtis Phennel of Ringgold: one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Junie Mae) Welch, of Ringgold: four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Slack, Jefferson, Texas, Mrs. Ada Morrow, of Epps, Mrs. Annie McCoy and Mrs. Addie Nettles of Ringgold: and four step-sons. Earnest E Franklin of Columbia, La., Dosier Reid Franklin of Bossier City, Noel Lester Franklin of Haughton and Claude Clinton Franklin of California, and one brother J.W. Skipper, Ringgold
Source Information: August 9, 1948 Local newspaper Clipping courtesy of family member J. Franklin
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