Franklin H. Michael

A TIME TO REMEMBER

MR. FRANKLIN HOWARD MICHAEL WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1947, TO THE LATE PINK AND ROZELLA MICHAEL IN CHARLOTTE NC.

WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT ON JUNE 15, 2026 OUR DEAR BELOVED BROTHER, UNCLE, COUSIN AND FRIEND WOULD ANSWER THE MASTER’S CALL.

JUST IMAGINE FALLING ASLEEP IN THE ARMS OF A LOVING SAVIOR, THE ONE WHO GIVES LIFE, THE ONE WHO HONORS HIS FAITHFULNESS. NO MATTER HOW UNWORTHY OUR CARNAL SOUL MAY BE, GOD IS FAITHFUL.

HE HONORED A SIMPLE PRAYER REQUEST DETERMINED ONLY THROUGH HIS TIMING AND HIS WILL. HE REFUSED TO ALLOW FRANKIE TO CARRY A BURDEN THAT HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BEAR. HE REFUSED TO LET HIM LINGER, STRUGGLE OR SUFFER IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE NEITHER HEALING NOR A CURE WAS AN OPTION.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CALM AND THE PEACE WHEN THE FATHER CALLED HIS NAME. LORD WE ACCEPT YOUR DECISION AND TIMING, WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR WILL WAS DONE.

OUR BROTHER WAS KNOWN TO MANY AS FRANKIE, CUTIE, SLIM, FRANK AND THE FRANKO. HE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHARLOTTE NC. HE GRADUATED FROM WEST CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. WANTING TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY, HE MADE A DECISION TO JOIN THE ARMY. HIS TOUR OF DUTY WAS SERVED IN GERMANY.

AFTER AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE HE RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE. HE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT SEALTEST, KRISPY KREME, SOUTH 21 DRIVE-IN AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME HE WORKED ON ONE OF THE LARGEST OIL RIGS IN TEXAS. WE WERE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY YEARS HE WORKED AT KRISPY KREME AND SEALTEST, BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD TO BUY MILK OR DONUTS.

FRANKIE WAS A VERY HUMBLE MAN, LIVED A VERY SIMPLE LIFE. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND IF YOU NEEDED HIM TO DO ANYTHING HE WOULD COMMIT AS BEST HE COULD. HE HAD AN AVID LOVE FOR CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU PUZZLES.

HIS FAVORITE RESPONSE WHEN ASKED HOW HE WAS DOING

(I HAVE BEEN BETTER BUT I WON’T COMPLAIN, I’M STILL HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL)

WE PRESENT TO EACH OF YOU HIS LOVED ONES THAT WILL CHERISH THE MEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME;

SISTERS; JUANITA GREEN OF PALMYRA NJ, VERONICA HARRISON, OF SUMMERVILLE SC.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW; IRA ALEXANDER (ELOUISE)

TYRONE MICHAEL (LAURA) OF CHARLOTTE NC, ELIOTT MICHAEL OF LADSON SC.

76 NEICES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

FRANKIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS

PINK AND ROZELLA MICHAEL, HIS SIBLINGS JACKIE AND ANTONEA.

REST OUR DEAR BROTHER, AT THE APPOINTED TIME WE WILL REUNITE AT THE COMMAND OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. YOU WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD TIMES AND ALL OF THE GREAT MEMORIES. WE LOVE YOU.