Franklin Branagh (95) of Juniper Hills, CA went home on 6-16-201 at the Ellison John skilled nursing facility in Lancaster, CA. He was a WWII veteran. Franklin was born in Bunkie, LA January 29, 1924. The eldest of 5 children to Earnest & Rebecca Branagh. His 4 siblings have proceeded him. He had no prodigy. Franklin was drafted into the army in 1944 and served 4 years during WWII, serving mostly in Japan. When honorably discharged in 1946, Franklin returned to his Texas family home before moving to Southern California, where he lived the rest of his life. He worked various construction jobs and locally would volunteer for the Palmdale food bank, along with volunteering as an usher for the Growing Valley Baptist Church of Lancaster CA for 18 years. Franklin married Juanita Harty-Brown in 1984. Juanita passes away in 1990. He then married Beverlee Berg of Juniper Hills CA in 1993, his only survivor.