Extracted from the Pine Bluff Commercial (Pine Bluff, AR)
Ben Franklin
LITTLE ROCK -- Ben Franklin, 68, of Banks, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital here.
Born July 28, 1920, in Bradley County, he was a son of the late Cleveland and Winnie Ormand Franklin.
He was a Baptist and a World War II veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Lizzie Jane Lee Franklin; two sons, Lee Franklin of Fort Worth and Robert Franklin of Banks; two daughters, Martha Posey of Crossett and Clara Ruth Ferrell of Wilmar; a sister, Juanita McClain of Warren; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were today at Frazer Funeral Home at Warren with the Revs. Ebb White and Roy Grice officiating. Burial was in Childs Cemetery near Banks.
Friday, October 14, 1988