Sandra Gayle Franklin

A graveside service for Sandra Gayle Franklin, 74, will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at New Freedom Fellowship Cemetery, 660 Hwy 1215, Many, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 9891 Texas Hwy, Many, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Brother Dean Hillman.

Sandra was born on September 4, 1951 to Jack P. Garner and Florine Little Clark in Monroe, Louisiana and passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025 in Mansfield, Louisiana.

Sandra is preceded in death by her parents, Jack P. Garner and Florine Little Clark; sister, Glinda Sue Strickland; brothers, J. W. Garner, Elder Ray Little, and Buddy Jack Garner. She is survived by the father of her children, Tommy M. Franklin of Halton City, Texas; son, Michael Franklin and wife, Maria, of Mansfield, Louisiana; daughters, Teresa Ferguson Franklin of Many, Louisiana and Tina Franklin of Zwolle, Louisiana; sister, Sheila Homes and husband, Johnny, of Rayville, Louisiana; brothers, Jimmy Dean Garner and wife, Janice, of Collinston, Louisiana, Billie Garner and wife, Francis, of Collinston, Louisiana, and Don Little and wife, Sue, of Rayville, Louisiana; grandchildren, Brittany Miller of Gloster, Louisiana, Kenzie Ferguson of Grand Cane, Louisiana, Kody Franklin of Zwolle, Louisiana, Kristen Meshell of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Kelsey Meshell of Zwolle, Louisiana; and 4 great-grandchildren, Aiden, Joseph, Kirisean, and JaBryson.

Honoring Sandra as pallbearers will be Boone Phathong, Kody Franklin, Dylan Smith, Jimmy Garner, Billie Garner, Michael Franklin.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Mansfield Nursing Center and Desoto Parish Dialysis Center for their love and compassion towards Sandra.

Services and care were provided to the family by Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana.