Franklin Allen Dawes passed away on Friday, February 10, 2006 at his residence at the age of 34 years.
The son of the late Albert Franklin Dawes and Caris A. Barton Dawes, Franklin was born on July 13, 1971 in Grand Rapids, Ohio, and was reared and educated in the Yale area, graduating from Yale High School.
He had worked in the oilfields prior to his death.
Survivors include his daughter, Chays Nicole Dawes of Tulsa; several aunts and uncles, including Bill and Marilyn Fitzpatrick of Pawnee, Richard and Lucille Barton of Ohio, Lowell Barton of Oregon; Marilyn Murray of Michigan; several cousins and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 2 P.M. in the First Baptist Church at Yale with Reverend Steve Loop, pastor and Michael Dershem officiating.
Serving as casket bearers will be Gary Fitzpatrick, Bobby Spears, Steven Hickman, Eddie Hickman, Heath Harris and Billy Cypret.
Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery at Cushing.
Visitation will be held in the Davis Yale Chapel at Yale on Monday afternoon, Tuesday and on Wednesday prior to services.