Franks, William “Bill”

William “Bill” Franks, who served as pastor of several Baptist churches, died Feb. 3. He was 82. 

Franks served in the United States Air Force for 22 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Campbell College (now Campbell University) in Buies Creek, N.C., an associate of divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and a master of divinity from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, Ga.

He was pastor of a Baptist church in Tarrant and of another in Crane Hill. He also served as pastor of churches in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina. 

He was a member of First Baptist Church, Pelham, at the time of his death. Franks is survived by his wife, Ann; four children; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.