Tillman Franks
| Tillman Franks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 29, 1920 Stamps, Lafayette County Arkansas, USA |
| Died | October 26, 2006 (aged 86) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport |
| Alma mater | C. E. Byrd High School |
| Occupation | Country music bassist/songwriter and manager |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Helen Suber Franks (married 1946-2006, his death) |
| Children |
Tillman Ben Franks, Jr. |
Tillman Ben Franks, Jr.
The Reverend Watson Franks
Darlene Pearl Franks Pace
Tillman Ben Franks, Sr. (September 29, 1920 – October 26, 2006), was an American bassist and songwriter and the manager for a number of country music artists including Johnny Horton, David Houston, Webb Pierce, Claude King, and the Carlisles.
Franks was born in Stamps in Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas, to George Watson Franks (1890--1967) and the former Pearl Galloway (1896-1983). When he was two years of age, Franks' family relocated to Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana, where they assumed residence in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. In his later years he lived in southwestern Shreveport near his long-term friend Claude King, known for the 1962 hit songs "Wolverton Mountain" and "The Burning of Atlanta", a ballad about the 1864 battle of Atlanta in the American Civil War.
Franks served in the United States Army during World War II, after which he married the former Virginia Helen Suber (1927-2016), a native of Carthage, Texas, and a daughter of Earl Clark Suber (1900-1954), who served with the military police in World War II, and the former Rose Lee Rich (1907-1937). Virginia was subsequently reared in two Shreveport orphanages and like her husband graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. She became an artist with speciality in oil paintings, a seamstress, and sang with her husband of sixty years and their son, Tillman Franks, Jr. The Frankses had two sons and two daughters.
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