Cleta Aster (Hutcheson) Franklin (1900 - 1949)

Born 11 Nov 1900 in Red Level, Covington county, Alabama

Ancestors

Wife of Ira Leonard Franklin — married 29 Jun 1917 in Andalusia, Covington county, Alabama

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1949 at age 48 in Lockhart, Covington county, Alabama

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Biography

The daughter of Alex Hutcheson and Mandy Cassady

Cleta Aster Hutcheson was born 11 Nov 1900 in Red Level, Covington Co., Alabama, USA

Cleta married Ira Leonard Franklin 29 June 1917 in Covington Co., Alabama

Cleta died 21 Mar 1949 at Lockhart, Covington Co., Alabama and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Florala, Covington Co., Alabama, USA

Cleta Aster's name is spelled wrong on her headstone which has "Astor" Per Horace Franklin, her son, who had the headstone made, it should be spelled like the flower, Aster.

Cleta Aster's name is spelled wrong in her newspaper obituary which has "Ester" Her marriage certificate has her name "Cleta A".

Source

• The Covington News. Andalusia, Alabama. 01 May 1947. p10. Obituary of William A. Hutcheson
• "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQ35-1ZC : accessed 28 Oct 2014), Leonard Franklin and Cleta A. Hutcheson, 29 Jun 1917; citing reference P. 328;
• Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6SG-CHC : accessed 12 August 2015), Mandy Cassidy in entry for Mrs. Ira Leonard Franklin, 21 Mar 1949; citing reference 4306, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,837.

FHL microfilm 1288861"