Kathryn Suzanne Kramer Franklin

Dr. Kathryn Kramer Franklin, age 70, of Mobile, AL, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. She was born on November 4, 1955, and got married in September 16, 1977. She earned her doctorate in Education from ETSU, and for 20+ years worked in Higher Education, influencing young minds from Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee. Outside of her years in Higher Education, she was a lifelong Alabama fan, loving wife, sister, mother and grandmother.

She is preceded in death by her father, Earl J. Kramer. She is survived by her spouse, Claude William “Billy” Franklin Jr.; children, Kristi Moore (Patrick); and Kimberly Franklin; mother, Jeanette Kramer; grandchildren, Kathryn Jean Lanning, Thomas Connall, Mary Margaret, William Walter, and Colt Walker Moore; and brother, Paul Anthoney Kramer.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in Kathryn’s name be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.