Obituary: Grady Franklin

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Grady Franklin, 86, a retired central Indiana news photographer and freelance photo journalist, died Oct. 2 in Sheridan. Grady also had been employed by Western Electric, where he was a section chief and editor of The Dial Tone. His talents as a freelancer were used by numerous publications, businesses and civic organizations.

Survivors include his wife Patricia (Jessup) of Sheridan; three daughters, Lee Anne (Bob) Meyers of Tyler, Texas; Jeri (Matt) Wellman of Las Vegas, Nev.; Joanna (Duffy) Mullen of Carmel; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and a brother, William Franklin (June) of Melbourne, Fla.

Grady was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War; a longtime Boy Scout leader in Indiana, Tennessee and Virginia; and an avid fisherman He was a long-time member of Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and was a current member of the Sheridan First United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be made at KerchevalFuneralHome.com.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be presented to the First United Church of Sheridan.


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