Charles Franklin

Visitation for Court Franklin, 23, will be Monday, April 16, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso, NM from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM with a funeral service on Tuesday, April 17, at 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church in Ruidoso with burial to follow at the Ruidoso-Hondo Valley Cemetery. Court passed away Friday, April 13, in Waco, Texas, he was born April 4, 1984 in Ft. Collins, Colorado and moved to Lincoln County in 1987 from Ft. Collins. During the summers and breaks in school, he would serve as a veterinary assistant for his Dad at Franklin Veterinary Clinic. He completed an Internship with TAC Engineering Solutions of Dallas in the Summer of 2006 and had accepted a permanent position with the firm's Austin offices to commence in July 2007. He received his high school diploma from Ruidoso High School in May 2002. He will graduate posthumously from the Baylor College of Engineering on May 12, 2007 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. While attending Ruidoso High School, Court played varsity football, was on the wrestling and track team. He was an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, First Baptist Church Youth Ministries, National Honor Society and Future Farmers of America. He participated in 4-H, showing steers and sheep at Junior Livestock Shows and Fairs, New Mexico Junior Rodeo Association and Hi-Plains Rodeo. He was an ACT Scholar, Who's Who among American High School Students, National Science Merit Award, Oustanding English Student Award, Outstanding Science Student Award, NMSU Alumni Association Honor Scholar, National Honor Society, football State Runner up team member, first team All District football team, North-South All Stars football nominee, All State Football Defensive End and Warrior Most Valuable Defensive Player. He had received the Warrior Hardest Hitter Award, Rotary Scholarship, Hubbard Scholarship, Baylor University Presidents Scholarship, Baylor University Engineering Scholarship. At Baylor University he was a member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Chaplain and member of Beta Theta Pi Social Fraternity, and the Dean's List. He received the Baylor University Presidential Scholarship, R.D. Hubbard Academic Scholarship, William J. and Adeline Grey Scholarship, Engineering and Computer Science Incentive Scholarship, and Rotary Club Scholarship. He played Rugby for Baylor one year and played on multiple intramural athletic teams and he loved to rodeo. He is survived by his father, Warren Franklin; his mother, Celeste Bonds; his sister, Dusti Franklin; two brothers, Brand Franklin and Sky Franklin; grandparents, Wilma Neal, Charles and Linda Franklin and Clifford Franklin; great grandparents, Norman Williams and Virginia Anderson and many aunts, uncles and cousins. The family has requested memorials to Cowboys for Christ, Cowboys for Cancer Research or Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Visitation

LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso
341 Sudderth Dr.
Ruidoso, NM  88345
Monday, April 16, 2007
4:00 PM thru 6:00 PM

Service

Funeral Service

First Baptist Church
270 Country Club
Ruidoso, NM  88344
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
2:00 PM

Funeral Service

First Baptist Church
270 Country Club
Ruidoso, NM  88344
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
2:00 PM

Cemetery

Ruidoso Hondo Valley Cemetery
MM 267.5 on U.S. Highway 70
Ruidoso Downs, NM  88346