Odis Doyle Franklin (1920 - 1959)

Born 9 Dec 1920 in Covington county, Alabama, USA

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Died 6 Mar 1959 at age 38 in Marianna, Jackson county, Florida, usa

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Biography

1920 Born 9 Dec 1920, Red Level, Covington Co., AL to Leonard Franklin and Cleta Hutcheson

1930 Appears on the 1930 Census as the nine year old son of Leonard and Cleta Franklin, Paxton, Walton Co., FL

1940 20 Jun 1940 Odis and Anita Harris apply for a marriage license, Old Town, Dixie Co., FL. Odis is 19 and Anita is 16. Anita's stepfather, Willis Jones, signs the document for Anita to marry. They are married the following day, 21 Jun 1940, by Rev. Van Green,

1942 Odis and Anita divorce

1945 27 Sep 1945 Odis D Franklin enlisted in the Army at Ft. Mcpherson, Atlanta, GA as PFC Artillery. He is divorced, without dependents, with a grammar school education.

1959 6 Mar 1959 Odis is killed in an automobile accident in Marianna, Jackson Co., Florida, USA

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:S1KM-W3Z : accessed 16 April 2015), Doyle O Franklin in household of Leonard Franklin, Paxton, Walton, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet 8A, family 146, line 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 335; FHL microfilm 2,340,070.

• "Florida, Marriages, 1830-1993," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9821-78858-11?cc=1803936 : accessed 16 April 2015), 004539442 > image 563 of 1678; county courthouses, Florida.

• "Florida, Marriages, 1830-1993," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9825-4738-48?cc=1803936 : accessed 16 April 2015), 004539443 > image 26 of 1324; county courthouses, Florida.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GL-GZX : accessed 16 April 2015), Odis D Franklin,enlisted 27 Sep , 1945 Ft Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.