Karen Sue Franklin, daughter of the late Lee J. Jarrell and Beulah Black Jarrell, was born on March 1, 1955 in Dexter and departed this life on June 22, 2014 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 59.

Karen was a member of the Church of Christ in Bernie and had worked as a Customer Service Representative at Walmart in Dexter.

She is survived by one son, Chad Owens and his wife, Sara, of Bernie; by one daughter, Misty Franklin and her husband, Stanley, of Wingo, Kentucky; by four brothers, Jim Jarrell, Ronnie Jarrell, Tom Jarrell and Jerry Jarrell, all of Bloomfield; by two sisters, Patricia Mason and Kay Wiley, both of Bloomfield; and by four grandchildren, Matthew Lee Franklin, Johnathan Blake Franklin, Madison Nacole Franklin and Paisley Renea Owens. 

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. with Bro. Stan Dauck and Bro. David Lemmons officiating.

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter.