Odell Franklin

Published 11:40 am Thursday, October 27, 2011

GRACE — Odell Franklin died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 56.

Survivors include his wife, Princess Franklin of Anderson, Ind.; three sons, Richard Charles of Glen Allan, Eddie Rollins and Evan Rollins, both of Anderson, Ind.; two daughters, Michelle Reed of Greenville and Jackie Humphreys of Glen Allan; four brothers, Elmore Franklin of Enterprise, Ala., Larry Franklin of Grace, Bobby Franklin of Memphis and James Franklin of Smyrna, Tenn.; four sisters, Leanner Wallace and Rosie Baily, both of Grace, Carrie Harris of Greenville and Rosetta Franklin of Horn Lake; and 14 grandchildren.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Goodwill M.B. Church in Alps with Larry White, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at James Jenkins Memorial Cemetery in Alps. Visitation will be from 4 until 5 p.m. Saturday at Mitchell L. Walker Funeral Home in Rolling Fork.

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