Paul Andre Franklin

March 28, 1956 - October 26, 2017

PAUL “PAULIE” FRANKLIN WAS BORN ON MARCH 28, 1956. HE WAS THE FOURTH SON BORN TO THE UNION OF JAMES & GEORGIA FRANKLIN. PAUL ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AT THE CHRCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. HE REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CHRIST AND WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF DIAKONOS HOUSE OF SERVANTS UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO DECLINE. HE LOVED HIS CHURCH FAMILY AND HIS PASTOR, PASTOR A J QUENTIN. HE ATTENDED AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, AND LATER RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATION IN HVAC FROM LEE COLLEGE. ANYONE WHO MET PAUL WOULD NOT EASILY FORGET HIM, HE HAD A CONTAGIOUS SMILE AND A KIND SPIRIT. HIS GENEROSITY WAS SHOWN IN PICKING UP NIECES AND NEPHEWS FROM SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS, HELPING CARE FOR HIS MOTHER, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CHILDREN AT CHURCH RECEIVED CANDY EVERY SUNDAY. HIS KINDHEARTEDNESS WAS SHARED & EXTENDED TO A WIDE CIRCLE OF FAMILY & FRIENDS. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017, GOD CALLED PAUL INTO ETERNAL REST. PAUL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, JAMES FRANKLIN, BROTHER RODERICK FRANKLIN AND STEP-BROTHERS, RONNIE HARDEMAN AND BILLY HOLMES. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE, HIS DAUGHTER, TAMIKA BROWN; MOTHER, GEORGIA MITCHELL; SISTERS, TAMARA, MARCELLA (OSCAR), LOTTIE; BROTHERS, JAMES JR., CARL, GARY (PAM) OF LOS ANGELES, CA, MAURICE; A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS UNCLES, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.