Violet Robinson Franklin

Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | April 14, 2017

Violet Robinson Franklin, 90, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 in Kane Regional Hospital. She was born August 16, 1926 in Richmond, VA, daughter of the late Peter Robinson and Mary Powell.

She was also preceded in death by brother, Gary Franklin and was the last of six siblings. Violet was a former member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and was a loving homemaker.

Survivors include children, Arthur L. Franklin, Jr., Marian Franklin Nash, Melvin Franklin and granddaughter, whom she reared, Aketa Franklin, ten other loving grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, one great, great-grandchild, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

Friends will be received Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. in Christ Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, 937 Rose Street, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where services will begin at 12:00 noon with Rev. Geoffrey Tate, officiating.

Interment will follow in the McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Arrangements entrusted to the Robert A. Waters Funeral Home, Inc., McKeesport, PA.

Originally published April 14, 2017.

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