Franklin Cole
1879 - 1965 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Franklin Cole was born on 9 Oct 1879 in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky; died on 18 Feb 1965 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Occupation: odd jobs laborer; farmer
- Census: 1910, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
- Census: 1920, Laurel Creek, Clay County, Kentucky
Notes:
Obituary - Frank Cole, 85, Dies in Hospital - Frank Cole, 85, 1824 Parrish Avenue, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Fort Hamilton Hospital of complications after a brief illness. He had been hospitalized 12 days. - He was born in Clay County, Kentucky, October 9, 1879, a son of David and Charlotte Reid Cole. He received his education in the Clay County schools. - He married Nancy Ann Bailey in Booneville, Kentucky, April 1, 1904, and the family came to Hamilton in 1908. She preceded him in death February 3, 1950. He married Lillie Brockman in 1952 and she died in 1960. In November 1962, he was married to Virgie Croucher Gibson. - An employee of Champion Papers, Inc. for 37 years before retirement in 1947, he was a religious man whose interests included fishing and gardening. He was a member of the West Side Pentecostal Church. - Mr. Cole leaves his wife; a son, Dewey Cole, Brookville, Indiana; four daughters, all of Hamilton, Mrs. Sam Rose, Mrs. Leslie Biery (should be spelled Biere), Mrs. Arnold Retherford and Mrs. Albert Riley; 24 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; three step-sons, John, Raymond and Stanley Brockman, all of Hamilton; two step-daughters, Mrs. Park Johnson and Mrs. James Barton, both of Hamilton; a brother, Robert Cole, Salem, Indiana; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Lunsford, Cincinnati, Mrs. Benjamin Moore, Hamilton, and Mrs. Joseph Wilder, Clay County, Kentucky; other relatives and many friends. - He was preceded in death by two wives; two sons, Oscar (Oscar Crank) and Charles Cole; a daughter, Vergie Mae Cole; three brothers and three sisters. - Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday from the Webb Funeral Home, Ross Avenue and South D Street, with the Rev. C.L. O'Bannion, pastor of the West Side Pentecostal Church, officiating. The Rev. John Carter, pastor of the Pentecostal Highway of Holiness Church, will assist. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park. - Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27339516/franklin-coleFamily/Spouse: Nancy "Nannie" Bailey. Nancy was born on 16 Mar 1875 in Owsley County, Kentucky; died on 3 Feb 1950 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Alice Lee Cole was born on 26 Nov 1908 in Clay County, Kentucky; died on 21 Jun 1967 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.