June 26, 1971 - April 13, 2010

Funeral services for Billy Gene Franklin, age 38, of Columbia formerly of

Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday morning at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Carlos Beddingfield officiating.  Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery.  Mr. Franklin passed away Tuesday in Murray Regional Hospital.

He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Grady and Oma Emogene Franklin and  was a member of the Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include three sisters, Elizabeth Beddingfield of Fayetteville, Martha Jane Pigg of Unionville, TN, and Judy Darlene Robinson of Fayetteville.

Visitation with the family will be Wednesday from 10AM-11AM at Higgins Funeral Home.