Thais Woodfox Franklin
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Dec. 1, 1929 – July 8, 2018
FAYETTE — Services for Thais Woodfox Franklin, 88, of Fayette, who died Sunday, July 8, 2018, at Jefferson County Hospital, were Saturday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Fayette with the Rev. George Ajuruchi officiating.
Burial followed at St. Anthony’s Cemetery in Lorman under the direction of Spencer Funeral Home in Fayette.
Ms. Franklin was born Dec. 1, 1929, in Donaldsonville, La., the daughter of Leroy Bertrain Woodfox and Mary Blouin Woodfox. She was a Catholic.
Survivors include one son, Dr. Colenridge “Coley” Franklin; two daughters, Belinda Franklin Nichols and Melanie Franklin Stewart; five grandchildren, Ayanna Franklin and husband, Kris, Alexandra Byrd and husband, Robert, Dr. Tuere Franklin-Kendall and husband, Jason, Kibwie Franklin and Akil Franklin; and three great-grandchildren, Imani Jackson, Z’Liyah Byrd and Kristopher Grant.
Pallbearers will be Leonard Brinkley Jr., Charles Carradine, Samuel Brinkley Jr., Dr. Willie D. Humphrey, Donald Malone and Robert Tenner.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Colenridge “Coley” Franklin Jr., Akil Franklin, Kibwie Franklin, Kristopher Grant, Jason Kendall, Robert Byrd, cousins and nephews.