LEROY FRANKLIN JR.

April 04, 2016

JOPLIN-Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oakton United Methodist Church for Leroy Manford Franklin, Jr., 29, Joplin, who died Friday, April 1, 2016, at his home, after a short illness. Burial will follow at Oakton Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at the church prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions may be made to the Leroy Franklin Jr. family, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his dad, Leroy Franklin, Sr., Lamar; a step-grandmother, Sharon Horton, Overland Park, Kan.; a step-grandfather, Jon Ardahl, Lecompton, Kan. and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Gaylene Franklin; his paternal grandparents, Jessie and Laverne Franklin and his maternal grandparents, Glen Horton and Judith Ardahl.

Mr. Franklin was born Dec. 22, 1986, at Nevada, Mo., to Leroy and Gaylene Franklin. He grew up in Lamar and was a 2005 graduate of Lamar High School. He loved farm equipment, tractors, toys and his family.



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