Roxiana Franklin

Published 11:18 am Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Roxiana Franklin died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at her home. She was 102.

Mrs. Franklin was a homemaker and a member of Mount Carmel M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Scott and Josephine Myles Franklin; her husband, James Clark; four sons, James Clark, Frank Clark, Charlie Clark and Andrew Clark; a daughter, Josephine Clark Williams; and two sisters, Ethel Lassiter and Mary Franklin.

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She is survived by a son, the Rev. Ned Clark of Amelia, Va.; two daughters, Annie Mae Dawson of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Arnell Clark of Vicksburg; one sister, Elnora Wilcox of Vicksburg; 25 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives, including members of the Clark and Lassiter families of Vicksburg.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.