EV. ANTHONY FRANKS died in 1871, at an advanced age. He was a son of Lewis Franks, and a grandson of Anthony Franks who came to North Carolina in 1743 and settled.

      Rev. Anthony Franks married Annie Hunter and to them were born one daughter and two sons, one of whom was Rev. Wm. H. Franks.

      He was a member of the North Carolina Christian Conference, which met, October 16, 17 1836, at Pleasant Grove, in Chatham county, North Carolina. In 1840, this Conference met at Bethel, in Chatham county, and [198] his name is recorded in the list of ministers. He labored under the direction of this Conference, till the formation of the Southern Christian Association, at Good Hope, in Granville county, in 1847, of all the Conferences of the Christian Church in the South. However, as early as 1843, negotiations were in progress for the uniting of the North Carolina, and the North Carolina and Virginia Conference into one body.

      At the North Carolina and Virginia Conference held at Mt. Zion, in Orange county, in 1871, the report of the committee on memoirs contains the following: "Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will of him who doeth all things right, yet we will ever cherish in our memory his meek spirit, his gentle demeanor, his devotion to the principles of the church of his choice, and his faithfulness in preaching the Word."

[LCM 198-199]