Earl Edward Franklin^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1913 - 1996  (82 years)

• Name	Earl Edward Franklin
  Born	25 Jun 1913	Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Census	1930	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Census	1940	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [7]
  Died	13 Apr 1996	Lake Wales, Florida   [8]
  Buried	16 Apr 1996	Lakeland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
  Person ID	I87432	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	William F. Franklin,   b. Abt 1887, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 13 May 2012  (Age ~ 125 years)
  Mother	Era Clemmentine,   b. Abt 1889, Tennessee
  Family ID	F126438	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Iva G. Ownby,   b. 27 Dec 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Aug 2006  (Age 90 years)
  Married	30 May 1932	Sevier County, Tennessee   [9]
  Children	1. John C. Franklin,   b. Abt 1933, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 13 Apr 1996  (Age ~ 63 years)   2. Alice Ann Franklin,   b. Abt 1936, Tennessee  (Age ~ 88 years) + 3. Helen Louise "Granny" Franklin,   b. 6 Dec 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Jun 2008, Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, Michigan  (Age 68 years) + 4. Betty Jean Franklin,   b. 11 Jan 1943,   d. 12 Apr 2012  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F31905	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jun 1913 - Blount County, Tennessee Census - 1920 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 30 May 1932 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/). Roy Carl obituary [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 30 Oct 1957. Eva Ownby obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 24 Aug 2006. Iva O. Franklin obituary [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 13 May 2012. Beulah Ruth Franklin Ownby obituary [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Earl Franklin Residence: , Sevier, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1914 Age: 6 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Son Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Film Number: 1821762 Digital Folder Number: 4390948 Image Number: 00446 Sheet Number: 9 Household Gender Age Parent W M Franklin M 32y Parent Clemmie Franklin F 30y Earl Franklin M 6y Charles Franklin M 5y Beulah Franklin F 3y1m [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Earl E Franklin Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 11, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 19 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1911 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0014 Family Number: 152 Sheet Number and Letter: 8B Line Number: 81 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271 Film Number: 2342005 Digital Folder Number: 4547919 Image Number: 00893 Household Gender Age Parent Will M Franklin F 43 Clemmie E Franklin F 41 Earl E Franklin M 19 Shirl C Franklin M 14 Beulah R Franklin F 13 Ernest H Franklin F 9 Billy Franklin M 2 [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Earl E Franklin Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 26 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1914 Last Place of Residence: Same Place District: 78-17 Family Number: 9 Sheet Number and Letter: 1A Line Number: 32 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 3933 Digital Folder Number: 005461375 Image Number: 00078 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Earl E Franklin Head M 26 Tennessee Iva M Franklin Wife F 24 Tennessee John C Franklin Son M 7 Tennessee Alice Ann Franklin Daughter F 4 Tennessee Helen Louise Franklin Daughter F 0 Tennessee [S142] Newspaper Article, The Ledger (Lakeland, FL), 15 Apr 1996. Mr. Earl Edward Franklin of Lake Wales died Saturday (April 13, 1996) in Lake Wales. He was 82. Born in Townsend, Tenn., on June 25, 1913, he moved to Lake Wales from Lakeland four years ago and to Lakeland from Gatlinburg, Tenn., in 1976. He was retired from Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was Baptist. He was preceded in death by his son, John C. Franklin . He is survived by his wife, Iva . O. Franklin ; daughter, Betty Sheffield and Helen Bray, both of Lake Wales, and Alice Barber, Union, Ky.; sister, Beulah Ownby, Townsend, Tenn.; brother, William Franklin , Sacramento, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Lakeland Funeral Home Chapel, 2125 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Lakeland Memorial Gardens. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Earl Franklin Event Type Marriage Event Date 30 May 1932 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Iva Ownby Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93F-THQW?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1N6%3A1589264711%2C1589374594 : 23 December 2016), Sevier > Marriage registers, 1927-1932, vol 21-22 > image 641 of 695; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.