Extracted from The Pine Bluff Commercial (Pine Bluff, AR)
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Lizzie Franklin
December 28, 1924 - February 13, 2007

BANKS -- Lizzie Jane Lee Franklin, 82, of Banks died Tuesday at her home.

She was born Dec. 28, 1924, at Banks, a daughter of the late Robert E. Lee and Lula McLeod Lee.

She was a homemaker and a member of Springhill Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Lee Franklin of Fort Worth, Texas, and Robert Franklin of Banks; two daughters, Martha Posey of Crossett and Clara Ruth Ferrell of Wilmar; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin ``Ben'' Franklin, whom she married Dec. 24, 1940, and who died Oct. 12, 1988, and one grandchild.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Frazer's Funeral Home of Warren. Burial will be in Childs Cemetery near Banks.