Dorothy Lorene Franklin-Witherspoon was born July 25, 1925 to Theodore and Ophelia Franklin in Clearview, Oklahoma. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband John Thomas Witherspoon, four brothers and four sisters. She left home at an early age. In Amarillo, Texas she met and married John T. Witherspoon in 1950, No children were born to this union. She leaves to cherish her memories three sisters: Yzella Cassius of Los Angeles, California, Jewell Black (Booker) of Guthrie, Oklahoma, Novella Phillips of Aurora, Colorado. One brother Joseph Franklin of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One uncle Jack Franklin. A brother-in-law Thurman Glover, and sister-in-law Joyce Benten-Franklin. A host of other relatives and many, many friends.