Horace "Tip" Franklin Jr.

May 21, 1947 - February 22, 2019

Funeral services for Horace “Tip” Franklin, Jr age 71 will be conducted Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2 PM in Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Milledgeville, with Rev. James Dickey, Rev. Terry Carmoney and Staff Sgt. Josh Howe officiating. The family will receive friends here at Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville on Friday from 6 until 8 PM. Mr. Franklin was a lifelong resident of Georgia, he was predeceased by his parents, Horace Warren Franklin, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Hubbard Franklin; sister, Carol Batlann; and brother, Ira Franklin. He was a Marine, a Firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician and enjoyed cattle farming. He was a loving husband; father, grandfather, and he attended Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Vicki Johnson Franklin; children, Chris Hawthorne and husband Jay of Gordon, Ira W. Franklin of Milledgeville, Katie Howe and husband Josh of Columbus, and Diane Baker and husband David of Gray; Grandchildren; Christian Hawthorne, Will Franklin, Asa Franklin, Noah Franklin, Savannah Howe, Ren Howe, Jocelyn Baker, Danielle Baker and Wyatt Baker; sisters, Maryann Brown, Janie Butler and Vickie Yates; aunt Ernestine Carr of Milledgeville, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives also survive. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to the Wounded Warrior Project.