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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.
On June 3, 1936, Franklin married gospel singer Barbara Siggers, with whom he had four children: Erma (1938–2002), Cecil (1940–1989), Aretha (1942–2018), and Carolyn (1944–1988). As noted by his biographer, Nick Salvatore , Franklin fathered a daughter, Carl Ellan Kelley (née Jennings) (1940–2019), by Mildred Jennings, a 12-year-old ...
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C. L." Franklin. She was delivered at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee .
Erma Franklin was born in Shelby, Mississippi, United States, [2] [3] the oldest daughter of Barbara (née Siggers) and the Reverend C. L. Franklin. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where her father was pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church. She was raised by both parents until the age of 10, when her parents separated for the final time.
Franklin was born in Memphis, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Reverend C. L. Franklin. [3] The youngest of the minister's six children, she moved to Buffalo, New York, shortly after her birth. [4] Around 1946, the Franklin family settled in Detroit, [4] where Carolyn would begin singing at her father's New Bethel Baptist Church.
Barbara Siggers Franklin (1917–1952) – gospel singer; mother of Aretha Franklin ; Lee Garrett (born 1943) – R&B singer-songwriter; Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt – multi-genre singer-songwriter ; Bobbie Gentry (born 1944) – singer-songwriter ; Mickey Gilley (1936–2022) – country singer and musician
[58] [59] In 2021, she appeared as Barbara Siggers Franklin in Aretha Franklin's biographical musical drama film Respect, earning a nomination at the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. [60] In 2022, she starred as Dorothy Scott in HBO's television series The Gilded Age. [61]
Barbara Vernice Siggers Franklin, mother of Aretha Franklin; Vernice Armour, first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps; Vernice Bellony, Dominican politician and teacher; Vernice Simms, individual in the Tulsa riots