FRANKLIN
Mrs. Willie Lou, passed away at residence in Carrollton, Wednesday. Survived by husband, Herman C. Franklin; daughter, Mrs. Donnie Jean Myers; son Bobby Raymond Franklin, all of Carrollton; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ford, Rosston, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Martin, and Mrs. Artie Weber, Decatur, Texas; Mrs. Amy Gilliland, Gainesville; three brothers, Guy Ford, Era, Texas; Alva Ford, Carrollton; Lynn Ford, Gainesville. Services Friday, 4 p.m. College Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. Herbert Moore officiating. Pallbearers: Audie Kimberland, Z. W. Copus. Weldon Hedrick, Jess Tillie, Omar Smith, G. A. Holley. Interment Perry Cemetery. Arrangements.
RHOTON FUNERAL HOME CARROLLTON

The Dallas Morning News - May 16, 1952
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD SATURDAY FOR MRS. H. C. FRANKLIN
Funeral services were held last Friday at 4 p.m. for Mrs. Willie Lou Franklin who passed away at her residence here on May 14.
Services were conducted at the College Ave. Baptist Church with the Rev. Herbert Moore officiating.
Burial was in Perry Cemetery with the Rhoton Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Franklin is survived by her husband, Herman C. Franklin; daughter, Mrs. Donnie Jean Myers; son, Bobby Raymond Franklin, all of Carrollton; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ford, Rosston, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Martin, and Mrs. Artie Weber, Decatur, Texas; Mrs. Any Gilliland, Gainesville; three brothers, Guy Ford, Era, Texas; Alva Ford, Carrollton; Lynn Ford, Gainesville.
Pallbearers: Audie Kimberland, Z. W. Copus, Weldon Hedrick, Jess Tillie, Omar Smith, G. A. Holley.

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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere thanks for the beautiful flowers, expressions of sympathy and many deeds bestowed upon us during the illness and deathof our loved one, Willie Lou Franklin. May God bless and guide each of you.
THE FRANKLINS

The Carrollton Chronicle, Friday, May 23, 1952

WILLIE LOU FRANKLIN
APR. 1, 1913 - MAY 14, 1952

Perry Cemetery, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas