Photo courtesy of Wilson-Wooddale Funeral Home - Baton Rouge
Mar 25, 1942 - Aug 16, 2018 (Age 76)
Much gratitude for your soul-filled life and gift of music that you left the world. I hope that you achieved your desire to find yourself...one love Queen of Soul
Sonia
November 27, 2024 | Other
Rest In Heaven
Leslie Redaway
October 16, 2024 | Paragould, AR | Friend
We miss you
Gaynell Curley
October 03, 2024 | Spring, TX | Friend
Ms. Franklin left an indelible memory of her and firsthand of our mother. Our mother transitioned on July 21,1969. My sisters and I have the memory of our mother and your music. Listening to your music gave us the only memory of our mother. And for that we are eternally grateful. So thank you Auntie Rere for the memories. Peachy´s Girls
Anita Heath-Boyd
July 31, 2024 | Other
She was an original!!!
Jane Louthen Hanlon
April 29, 2024
May Almighty Father God bless and strengthen the family and continue to comfort the family and continue to bless the family
Anthony Martin
April 09, 2024 | Bogalusa, LA
My heart goes out to her family she was an amazing and very talented as well as a gifted woman she may be gone for now but will never be forgotten.....
Richard Gutshall
February 28, 2024 | Other
Ms Franklin was my most favorite singer of all times and she died on my birthday. I loved everything she sang, I went to her concerts, especially when she had special guess singers and her delectable dinners. What I admire most is that she carried herself as a queen would. She always had impeccable manners, but knew how to put you in your place kindly, if necessary. I also remember when waiting in line to enter the church for the concerts, the crowd was always respectful and showed...
Cynthia Sylvia Blair
October 25, 2023 | Other
Godspeed Aretha, and thank you for sharing a part of your life with us, and the wonderful film, TV, and especially the music memories. Unforgettable. The "Queen of Soul" indeed. "Long Live the Queen"...
Harry Simpson
September 19, 2023 | Other
*This posting is a service to our community only. Services for Ms. Franklin have been entrusted to: Swanson Funeral Home in Detroit, Michigan. Wilson-Wooddale Funeral Home has organized a Memorial Tribute in honor of Ms. Franklin for those who would like to show their R-E-S-P-E-C-T locally. The tribute is available to the public Monday - Friday 8AM -6PM and Saturday, 8AM - 12 Noon through August 31st. A register book is available to sign. You may also bring cards of condolence, which will be forwarded to the family. Ms. Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer.
Her records sold millions of copies and the music industry couldn’t honor her enough. Franklin won 18 Grammy awards. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1979 and is one of the most honored artists in Grammy Award history. She received the Grammy Legend Award in 1991 and then was awarded with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994, the same year that she was a Kennedy Center Honoree. In addition to the endless list of accolades, she is in the NAACP Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and in 2005 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Franklin received an honorary degree from Harvard University in 2014, as well as honorary doctorates in music from Princeton University, 2012; Yale University, 2010; Brown University, 2009; Universality of Pennsylvania, 2007; Berklee College of Music, 2006; New England Conservatory of Music, 1997; and University of Michigan, 1987. Franklin was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Wayne State University in 1990 and an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Bethune-Cookman University in 1975.
She is survived by her four sons, Clarence Jr, Edward, Ted White Jr, and Kecalf.
Aretha Franklin will be entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan, along with her father, Rev. C.L. Franklin; brother Cecil Franklin; sisters Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin; and nephew, Thomas Garrett.
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