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Barbara Siggers Franklin
American singer
Barbara Siggers Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbara Vernice Siggers (1917-06-29)June 29, 1917 Shelby, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 1952(1952-03-07) (aged 34) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including Aretha, Erma, and Carolyn |
Barbara Vernice Franklin (née Siggers; June 29, 1917 – March 7, 1952) was an American gospel singer and pianist, the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C.
L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.
Life and career
She performed in church and later worked as a pianist.[1]
Barbara Siggers married Clarence LaVaughn Franklin on June 3, 1936.
The couple had four children: Erma (1938–2002), Cecil (1940–1989), Aretha (1942–2018), and Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988). Prior to the marriage, Barbara had a son, Vaughn (1934–2002) from a prev