FRANKLIN, Josephine Eunice

Josephine Eunice Franklin was born November 23, 1907 in Evansville, Oklahoma to Joseph and Jessie Brewer. She was a homemaker, a singer and an advocate for education. She grew beautiful flowers as a hobby and served faithfully at the St. James Baptist Church in Meridian, Oklahoma at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Guthrie, Oklahoma and the South Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father and mother, two brothers - O.T. and Earl, her husband - Gurnie, a sister - Annie Newson, and a daughter, Mattie Williams, preceded her in death. She is survived by her sister, Aileen Dixon (of Ponca City, Oklahoma); a son - Gurnie Franklin II (of Guthrie, Oklahoma); daughters, Amanda Sullivan and Dorothy Davis of Phoenix, Arizona; three sisters-in-law, Josephine Walton (of Wichita, Kansas), Dorothy Mae Bowen (of Wichita, Kansas) and Clara Brewer (of Guthrie, Oklahoma); a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. The sunset for Josephine was Thursday, June 27, 2002. The Wake will be Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at the South Phoenix Baptist Church, 2006 East Broadway Road, Phoenix, Arizona. Services are entrusted to Preston Funeral Home, Inc. Services at the Faver High School Saturday, July 6, 2002 East Perkins, Guthrie, Oklahoma. Interment at Union Hills Cemetery, Meridian, Oklahoma. Published in The Arizona Republic July 02, 2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josephine Eunice Franklin, 94, of Phoenix Arizona, passed away on June 27, 2002. The Wake will be Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at the South Phoenix Baptist Church, 2006 East Broadway Road. Arrangements by Preston Funeral Home, Inc. Services at the Faver High School Saturday, July 6, 2002 East Perkins, Guthrie, Oklahoma. Interment Union Hills Cemetery, Meridian, Oklahoma. Published in the Arizona Republic July 03, 2002.