Falls County, Texas
Calvary Cemetery (Marlin)
(Marlin
is on State Highway 6, about 33 miles southeast
of Waco. The cemetery is located on Fortune Street.)
All photos contributed
by Betty Cagle Lee.
Graves of
Robert Lee Frankum
b. July 9, 1864, Tennessee
d. July 2, 1932, Texas
and his second wife
Ebbierilla (Ibie/Ibil) R. Adams (Nixon) Frankum
b. 1861 (some sources say May 1858)
d. December 9, 1939
Robert was the youngest son of William W.
and Martha (Goodman) Frankum.
He came to Texas with his brothers James Jefferson Frankum
and Allen T. Frankum about 1880.
Robert Frankum, Jr.,
son of Robert and Ibie
b. June 12, 1892
d. May 20, 1934
Nannie Harrison Frankum, Robert Jr.'s wife
b. April 23, 1896
d. November 30, 1936
Robert Frankum, son of
Robert & Nannie
b. 1920
d. 1952
Ben Frankum, son of Robert and Ibie
b. August 4, 1895
d. June 19, 1970
Hazel Belle Trotter Frankum
b. March 22, 1898
d. September 28, 1977
Ventner L. Frankum (son of Ben & Hazel)
Served as PFC Co. 8, 7th Infantry
World War II
b. March 20, 1919
d. July 3, 1971
Johnnie Lee Frankum
(son of Ben and Hazel)
b. July 21, 1928
d. May 18, 1947
Waite Cemetery (Reagan)
(Reagan is on
State Highway 6, about 10 miles SE of Marlin)
Ollie Dobbs Frankum
(wife of Barney, the son of Robert Lee Frankum
and first wife Lucinda Fellers/Fellows)
b. December 2, 1889
d. August 30, 1931
George Frankum (son of
Barney & Ollie)
b. October 16, 1922
d. August 18, 1927
