THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, April 21, 1996 TAG: 9604210035
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Greathel Franklin, 72, of the 300 block of McLean St., died April 18, 1996, in Portsmouth General Hospital.
She was a native of Petersburg, Va. and the widow of Ernest Franklin Sr. She was a former member of St. John Baptist Church.
She is survived by seven daughters, Greathel Harderman, Shirley Edwards, Linda B. Franklin, Darlene Boone, Celestine Jones, Arlene Franklin, Annette Henderson; five sons, Robert E. Franklin, John H. Franklin, Forrest Franklin, Alton Franklin, Ernest Franklin Jr.; three sisters, Emma Woodard, Mary Johnson, Dorothy Gray; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday by the Rev. Rodney Tolbert in Fisher Funeral Home. Burial is in Lincoln Cemetery, Portsmouth. The family will be at the residence.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY
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