Carl Bufford Franklin Jr. was the second of five children, born to Carl Bufford Franklin Sr. and Mattie Jean Franklin on April 24, 1956 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was preceded in death by his father, brother and stepson. He accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. He graduated from Star Spencer High School in Spencer, OK. Bufford was a Meat Cutter at serval meat packing companies, until he retired from Wilson Meat Packing in 1989. In 1978 Bufford married his first wife Julie Beard and to this union one daughter was born. He later married Audrey Lee Stewart, in 1981, and to this union a son was born. On July 4, 2015 Bufford was united in holy matrimony to Jacqueline Marie Hunter. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife Jacqueline Marie Franklin, his mother Mattie J. Franklin-Smiley, daughter, Carla Mitchell (Howard), son, Carlos Franklin (Ashley), two stepsons, Kenneth Lindsey and Jamel Lindsey, a sister, Joyce Jones, brother, Rodney Franklin, ten grandchildren, Diamond, Cam'Ron, Destinee, Trinity, Kentraii, Candyce, KyRon, CarLa, Jeremy, and Gaige, as well as many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.



I feel a warmth around me like your presence is so near, And I close my eyes to visualize your face when you were here, I endure the times we spent together and they are locked inside my heart, For as long as I have those memories we will never be apart, Even thought we cannot speak anymore your voice is always there, Because every night before I sleep I have you in my prayer.