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Welcome to the website of John P. Franklin Funeral Home. Thank you for visiting our site, we hope that this information and services available on this site will be helpful. Our firm has licensed funeral directors, embalmers, pre-need specialist, licensed insurance agents and notary publics to assist our families in various needs.
John P. Franklin Funeral Home offers Funeral Services, Domestic & International Shipping, Funeral Program Design & Printing, Pre-Need Arrangements, Funeral Limousine Service, Obituary Support, Cremations, Aftercare, Notary Public, Caskets, Vaults, Liners and Urns.
Our Family Serving Yours for Over 125 Years
John P. Franklin Sr.’s father, G.W., was the first African American funeral director and embalmer in Chattanooga when he established the G.W. Franklin Mortuary in 1894, when funeral homes used horse-drawn hearses and family coaches. John Sr, along with his brother, Ben Franklin and sister, Mabel Franklin Taylor succeeded G.W., operating the firm until 1952.
