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Alabama Free Will Baptist Missions – Acts 1:8
PO Box 14
Winfield, AL 35594
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Visitation
Sunday 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church
6909 State Highway 253
Guin, AL 35563
Services
Monday 10:00 AM
Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church
6909 State Highway 253
Guin, AL 35563
Burial
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Guin, AL
Bro. Dave Franks, Sr, age 91 of Gardendale, AL formerly of Guin, passed away Monday, September 2, 2024, at his residence.
Born October 5, 1932, in Marion County, AL, he is the son of the late Howard Lincoln and Autie Lillian Maddox Franks and the husband of Patricia Lee Sturgill Franks. He had served as a Foreign Missionary to Brazil with the Free Will Baptist International Missions for 43 years. He was a member of the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Lee Franks, 2 daughters, Dr. Suzanne Carla Franks (Dr. Rommel Melgaco Barbosa), and Regina Ruth Franks, a son, Dave Robert Franks, Jr. (Rebecca Lynn), 3 grandchildren, Elisabeth Anna Hargrove (Darrin), Nathan Robert Franks (Alyssa), Celeste Grace Nichols (Jasper), 6 great grandchildren, Elijah, Junia, and Matthew Hargrove, Lincoln and Logan Franks, and Abigail Nichols, a sister, Betty Sue Plyler (Robert), a sister-in-law, Iva Lee Franks and a brother-in-law, William Hogan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Francis Anne Hogan, and a brother Julius Oliver Franks.
Services held Monday, September 9, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Bro. Mike Beckon, Bro. Mike Cox, and Bro. Clint Morgan officiating.
Pallbearers, Danny Franks, Jasper Nichols, Anthony Prichett, Keith Rhudy, Milton Rhudy, and Jason Taylor. Honorary Pallbearers, Robert Plyler and Rob Plyler.
A special thank you to Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church, Church H2O, and the Agape Care Group Hospice.
Veal Memorial Funeral Home of Guin, AL directing.
