James Stevenson Franks^[1]

1913 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	James Stevenson Franks
  Born	5 Jan 1913	Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Sep 2003  [2]
  Buried	4 Sep 2003	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I140324	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hillard Franks,   b. 16 Jul 1877, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Nov 1936  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane "Sallie" Sorrell,   b. 18 Nov 1873, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Oct 1947  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F33723	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Agnes Cureton,   b. 23 Jan 1915, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 2009  (Age 94 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1940
  Children	1. James S. Franks, Jr.   2. Elizabeth Franks,   d. INFANT
  Family ID	F52093	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Jan 1913 - Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 4 Sep 2003 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 104. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 2 Sep 2003. James Stevenson Franks, age 90, of Newport, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2003, after a lingering illness. Mr. Franks was born January 5, 1913, being one of seven children of the late Hilliard and Sally Sorrell Franks in Del Rio, TN. He was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College from where he many years later received an Honorary Doctorate Degree. He wed the former Agnes Cureton on August 16, 1940. Mr. Franks was retired from the Newport Utilities Board as the general manager, very active in the First United Methodist Church in which he served on many of the committees and taught the Barker Sunday School Class, and a dedicated member of the Newport Kiwanis Club and served as District Governor in 1959. He was chairman of the building committee of Baptist Hospital of Cocke County, and served on the Cocke County Economic Development Commission as well as the Newport Regional Planning Commission. He was a 50-year member of the Newport Masonic Lodge #234. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Holston Conference Colleges and was a Trustee of Morristown College. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Merchants and Planters Bank. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Agnes Cureton Franks; son, James S. Franks Jr., of MS; several nieces and nephews; and an uncountable number of friends and former co-workers. Funeral services will be held 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 4, 2003, at First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Freddrick Long and Alvin Watts officiating after the family receives friends from 4 until 6 p.m. prior to the services. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to First United Methodist Church, Holston Home for Children, the American Cancer Society, of a charity of your choice. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 48788236).