CASCILLA — Rivers Virginia Kendall Franklin, age 91, of Cascilla, passed away Friday, January 16, in Grenada.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 19, at The North Church (formerly North Shady Grove Church of God). Interment will follow in the North Shady Grove Cemetery. McKibben and Guinn Funeral Services has charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. E.M. Franklin; a daughter, Tony Rideout; and three sons, Max Franklin, Earl Franklin and Perry Franklin.
She is survived by her daughter, Julia Ann Franklin Winters of Cascilla; three sons, Kenneth Franklin of Cascilla, Luther Derel Franklin of Sarepta and Terry Franklin of Coffeeville; a brother, 19 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.