John Franklin Templin

John Templin Obituary

Mr. John Franklin Templin May 4, 1936 - October 7, 2008

PANOLA COUNTY, TX - A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. John Franklin Templin, age 72, of the Yarnell Community in Panola County, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2008 at St. William of Vercelli Catholic Church with Father Michael Adams officiating under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Shalom Cemetery in the Yarnell Community. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday with a rosary service at 8:00 p.m. at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Templin passed away on Tuesday morning, October 7, 2008 at his home.

John Franklin Templin was born on May 4, 1936 in Hanover, Texas to John J. and Lillie Belle Thompson Templin. He graduated from Loyola College Prep School in Shreveport in 1954. He married Patricia Marie Bott on September 16, 1954 in Shreveport. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954-1958 and was honorably discharged. Mr. Templin was a member of St. William of Vercelli Catholic Church in Carthage. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Police. Mr. Templin moved to the Yarnell Community in January of 1973 from Shreveport. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Kenneth Templin.

Mr. Templin is survived by his wife of 54 years, Patricia Templin of Yarnell; four sons, John Franklin Templin II and wife Melony of Keithville, Linton Matthew Templin and wife Kaye of Owingsville, KY, Terrel Raymond Templin of Yarnell, and Robert Alan Templin and wife Cherie of Whitehouse; three daughters, Joianne Doughty of Yarnell, Renee Duckworth and husband Rowland of Carthage, and Patti Tiller of Irving; three sisters, Billie Hardee and husband Jim of Darlington, SC, Sammie Lacy and husband Walter of Avinger, and Faye Eldridge and husband Maurice of Darlington; eighteen grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren. Mr. Templin is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends.

Serving as pallbearers are Mr. Templin's grandsons: Michael Newman, Jr., Jeffrey Newman, Logan Doughty, John Templin, III, Luke Templin, Tobi Duckworth, Eric Duckworth, Jonathan Tiller, Joshua Templin, and Alan Templin.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you do a random act of kindness for a stranger in John's memory. The family requests any memorial contributions be made to St. William of Vercelli Catholic Church, 4088 NW Loop, Carthage, TX 75633.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com. Jimerson-Lipsey

Funeral Home 903-693-7125

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Published by Shreveport Times on Oct. 9, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for John Templin

9 Entries

michelle fox lanigan

October 29, 2008

i am your cousin in ruston, michelle fox lanigan. i found this at my library. my mom told me about your husband. i am really sorry. please, give auntie a hug and kiss for me. even is she don't remember who i am....it would be nice.

Leo McLean

October 10, 2008

For Patsy, John and all his loved ones, I add my prayers and express my best wishes. My admiration for John began as a classmate at the old St. John's High (now Loyola).

What I remember best was a calm, winning personality and outstanding performance in three sports. On those rare occasions when we met after graduation, he always downplayed those efforts. I don't want his kids or grandkids to believe that. He was good, kids, really good.

It wasn't surprising that he joined the Marine Corps and later pursued a successful career in law enforcement. I seem to recall he was the youngest officer ever to make Detective on the Shreveport police force. On good authority I heard a combination of empathy and toughness made him an outstanding interrogator.

It was, however, a complete surprise decades later to discover he had become a superb writer and poet.

I thank God for having known him.

Frank & Bennie Phillips

October 9, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Please accept our deepest sympathies.

Linda Hatcher

October 9, 2008

Mrs. Pat and all the family,
You are in my prayers as you lay John to rest. I have much treasure on the other side too. Thank God, Jesus has taken the sting out of death and made a way for us to our eternal home. Papa is home and we will be too some day soon. I can still see him on his golf cart zipping around amd making sure everyone had what they needed.
Love, Linda Hatcher Jimmy's Mom

McLeroy King

October 9, 2008

I have always consider John Templin to be my very best friend in the world. We grew up together in Shreveport and we were both considered part of each others families. We played baseball together and I bellieve John could have been the best catcher in professional baseball if he had chosen that instead of the Marines.
We separated after high school - he in the Marines in Hawaii, and me in the Army in Japan. We got back together after the service while I went to college and he joined the Shreveport Police Dept. John's talent for poetry came to light when my father, Clark King, passed away in 1986 and John presented a book of his poems to me in my time of grief. I would like to share one of his poems:

MY REQUEST

Come lightly,
As on wings of silk,
Unwelcome though you be.
Stand quietly,
And I will know
That you have come for me.
Be gentle
When you touch my lips
And steal away my breath.
Be merciful
As I accept . . .
That moment known as death.

1/22/1986
J. Templin

John will be greatly missed but he will live forever in my heart.

Bobby King

October 9, 2008

This is from those of us who grew up on Claiborne Ave in the 40s and 50s - John (his Dad always called him "Frankie") was part of our gang, even though he lived "back in the woods behind the Linwood Apartments. Those were fun times and John was a large part of the fun we had growing up then. He will be missed - his poetry, however, will live on forever.

Sam J. Burns

October 9, 2008

Memories from the Shreveport Police Dept.

For the Commander, Carroll R. Michaud

October 9, 2008

The Final Salute

“Brothers in Arms”, Military men and women down through the centuries, have traditionally exchanged “Hand Salutes” as a sign of recognition and as a way to render courtesy and respect one to another.

This “Hand Salute” is the last that we shall render to John Franklin Templin our “Brother-in-Arms”. To his family it symbolizes the love and respect that we have for John. And to John it is rendered as a symbol of honor and gratitude to thank him for the devoted and selfless service he rendered to his country while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. John, we bid you a sad farewell. You will be dearly missed from among our ranks. Be at Ease. Rest in Peace.

On behalf of the 1,409 members of Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 of the American Legion, I extend our sympathies and our condolences to John’s family and loved ones.

Dennis Engdahl, Commander, American Legion Post 14
5315 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109

Art Hall

October 9, 2008

Mrs. Templin and Johnny, I was so sorry to see that Mr. Templin had passed away, I think back fondly of all the good times we had in Cherokee Park as kids and he was a big part of it.

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