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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Franklin Deek
Emmons
April 18, 1953 – July 27, 2014
Obituary
Franklin Deek Emmons was born to Ola Faye Simpson Emmons and Franklin Delanie Emmons on Saturday morning April 18, 1953. He died at his home with family, friends and his dog at his side on July 27, 2014.
He is survived by his wife Connie Archer Emmons, his step children; Thomas Faires and his wife Pam Price of Livingston, Lisa Faires of Chicago, Illinois and Jennifer Faires of Texas City, Texas. His step-grandchildren are Melody Faires, Seth Wallin, Shawn Williams and Shannon Odem.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ola Faye Maze of Livingston; his father, Franklin Delanie Emmons of East Brewton, Alabama; and his grandparents, Ruby Simpson Parrish and W.Q. (Horsey) Parrish of Buck, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow at Center Grove Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Taylor, Tommy Faires, Hank Keller, and Jamie Murphy.
Deek attended school in Livingston from grades one through five, after which he moved in with his grandparents and attended school in Leggett until he graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1971.
He worked as a land surveyor which later evolved into seismic surveying. He was good with numbers. He could do math "in his head" long after the rest of us had forgotten how. He did things right the first time, he read directions and he never forgot anyone's name. There was no grey in his world, only black and white. It was either right or it was wrong. His favorite person (other than his wife) was his dog, Alice Cooper.
Deek Emmons was a fine man. He was a passionate man. He worked hard, he played hard. He loved to play drums, ride motorcycles and to watch the Houston Texans play football. His favorite band was Chicago with Alice Cooper coming in at a close second. He loved to torture his wife with a Frank Zappa tune whenever possible. An occasional Jack & Coke was his idea of heaven. You never had to guess what Deek was thinking. He would gladly tell you what was on his mind. The phrase "think before you speak" might as well have been written in Latin. He never told a lie (that anyone could call him on). The friends he had when he was young were still his friends the day he died.
Deek never met a stranger. He could hold a conversation with anyone about anything all the while making you feel like you were the most important person in the room. His ability to find humor in ordinary things kept him going through his cancer treatment. He sometimes stole a line from Leslie Neilson in the movie "Airplane" when he said, "I don't say funny things, I say things funny". When notifying one of his friends that he was about to go on hospice, he texted "The Magic Eight Ball says `it doesn't look good`. I'm going on hospice".
He will be missed.
We would like to send a special thanks to Dr. Elias Kanaan, Dr. Samer Suki, the gang at Millenium Oncology, David Burns, Ricky Taylor, the cast and crew at Americare EMS, Gentiva Hospice, and his facebook friends. Thank you for making his final journey a little more bearable.
Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online guestbook at www.cochranfh.com.
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