DERBY – Barbara "Jean" Cooper Franklin Parton, 82, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Derby, Kan.
There will be no service.
She was born on December 6, 1937, in Mississippi County, Mo., to John Thomas "JT" and Edith Mae (née Bailey) Cooper. She attended school in Charleston, Mo., and Vo-Tech in Wichita, Kan. She earned her GED in Wichita.
She had jobs as a waitress, sheetmetal worker at Cessna, sales person and cashier at Penny's and Montgomery Ward in Wichita.
She volunteered as a lunchroom and playground aid at McCormick School in Wichita. Her volunteer work also included the Girl Scouts and Empire Neighborhood.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Earl Wayne Parton; former husband, Tommy Lee Franklin Sr.; son, Tommy Lee Franklin Jr.; brothers, William Andrew Cooper, Gary E. Cooper, and Jerry G Cooper
There will be no service.
She was born on December 6, 1937, in Mississippi County, Mo., to John Thomas "JT" and Edith Mae (née Bailey) Cooper. She attended school in Charleston, Mo., and Vo-Tech in Wichita, Kan. She earned her GED in Wichita.
She had jobs as a waitress, sheetmetal worker at Cessna, sales person and cashier at Penny's and Montgomery Ward in Wichita.
She volunteered as a lunchroom and playground aid at McCormick School in Wichita. Her volunteer work also included the Girl Scouts and Empire Neighborhood.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Earl Wayne Parton; former husband, Tommy Lee Franklin Sr.; son, Tommy Lee Franklin Jr.; brothers, William Andrew Cooper, Gary E. Cooper, and Jerry G Cooper
DERBY – Barbara "Jean" Cooper Franklin Parton, 82, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Derby, Kan.
There will be no service.
She was born on December 6, 1937, in Mississippi County, Mo., to John Thomas "JT" and Edith Mae (née Bailey) Cooper. She attended school in Charleston, Mo., and Vo-Tech in Wichita, Kan. She earned her GED in Wichita.
She had jobs as a waitress, sheetmetal worker at Cessna, sales person and cashier at Penny's and Montgomery Ward in Wichita.
She volunteered as a lunchroom and playground aid at McCormick School in Wichita. Her volunteer work also included the Girl Scouts and Empire Neighborhood.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Earl Wayne Parton; former husband, Tommy Lee Franklin Sr.; son, Tommy Lee Franklin Jr.; brothers, William Andrew Cooper, Gary E. Cooper, and Jerry G Cooper
There will be no service.
She was born on December 6, 1937, in Mississippi County, Mo., to John Thomas "JT" and Edith Mae (née Bailey) Cooper. She attended school in Charleston, Mo., and Vo-Tech in Wichita, Kan. She earned her GED in Wichita.
She had jobs as a waitress, sheetmetal worker at Cessna, sales person and cashier at Penny's and Montgomery Ward in Wichita.
She volunteered as a lunchroom and playground aid at McCormick School in Wichita. Her volunteer work also included the Girl Scouts and Empire Neighborhood.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Earl Wayne Parton; former husband, Tommy Lee Franklin Sr.; son, Tommy Lee Franklin Jr.; brothers, William Andrew Cooper, Gary E. Cooper, and Jerry G Cooper
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