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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 ...
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.
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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.
Aretha Louise Franklin (/ ə ˈ r iː θ ə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] Honored as the "Queen of Soul", she is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential singers in the history of popular music.
Aretha Franklin died in 2018 at age 76 due to advanced pancreatic cancer. Grace's audition comes amid renewed interest in the life of the Queen of Soul due to the release of the biopic "Respect ...