Roxiana Franklin
Published 11:40 pm Friday, April 29, 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.
Survivors include her son, the Rev. Ned Clark of Amelia, Va.; two daughters, Annie Mae Dawson of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Arnell Clark of Vicksburg; a sister, Elnora Wilcox of Vicksburg; 25 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and others.
Services will be today at Mount Carmel M.B. Church with the Rev. Ned Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.