Marjorie Walker Franklin

Services for Marjorie Walker Franklin, of Tyler, will be held on Friday, November 18, 2016, at 11:00 AM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy, in Tyler with Dr. Stuart Baskin and Bishop Mertis Bartley, II, officiating. Burial will follow at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas at 3:30 PM under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Marjorie Walker Franklin, deeply beloved mother, “Mimi” and friend went to be with her Lord on November 15, 2016. She was 92 years of age. Marjorie was born in Dallas on July 27, 1924 to the late Marjorie Effie Meggs of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Juarez Gual of Mexico City, Mexico. She graduated from Adamson High School in 1941 and later attended Rutherford Business College in Dallas. In 1941, she married her high school sweetheart, Ray A. Walker, Jr., and had two children from this marriage, Jimmy R. Walker and Karen Ann Walker. In 1952, the family moved to Longview where Marjorie worked at East Texas Casting Company as a bookkeeper and at Pine Tree ISD. The family later moved to Tyler where she was employed by Tyler ISD for 22 years. Her beloved husband Ray preceded her in death in December of 1968. Love re-entered her life when she met and later married the late Henry Carrell Franklin of Dallas on May 3, 1972. There were many lively gin rummy games nightly at the Franklin house! Marjorie proudly wore her badge of “Mimi” to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her “Ranger” or “Mimi” cookies were relished by all of them. She loved to entertain and delighted in sharing her home, especially during the holidays, with family and friends. Her favorite pastimes were playing bridge and traveling with her dear friends. She returned to Tyler in 2011 to be closer to her children and resided at Meadow Lake Retirement Center. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tyler. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray Walker and husband, Carrell Franklin; and two brothers, Adolfo Gual of Dallas and Jim R. Gual, also of Dallas. She is survived by her son, Jimmy R. Walker and wife Judy of Longview; daughter, Karen Freeman and husband Keith of Tyler; step-children, John C. Franklin and wife Barbara of Dallas, Dianne Alexander of Dallas, and Richard L. Franklin and wife Tanya of McKinney. She is also survived by her sister, Judy Perrien of Duncanville and her “sister in Love”, Dolores Gual of DeSoto; grandchildren, Christy (Danny) Boyce of Allen, Kimberly (Steve) Broad of Georgetown, Michael (Amy) Freeman and David (Holly) Freeman of Tyler; and 8 step-grandchildren. She had 9 great-grandchildren and 7 step-great grandchildren. Additionally, she had several nieces and nephews. A special thanks to her caretakers, Angie Ortiz, Dana Castleman, Judy Lawton and Lily Welch for providing wonderful, loving care to our Mother and also, to the compassionate doctors and nurses of the Hospice of East Texas who gave Mom the peacefulness and dignity to move to her Heavenly home. Mimi “has left the building”. If desired, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Tyler, 230 W. Rusk Street, Tyler, TX 75701 or The Hospice of East Texas Foundation, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75701.

Marjorie Walker Franklin

July 27, 1924 - November 15, 2016