Barbara Siggers Franklin

Barbara Siggers Franklin
Born
Barbara Vernice Siggers

(1917-06-29)June 29, 1917
DiedMarch 7, 1952(1952-03-07) (aged 34)
Resting placeForest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, New York
Spouse
(m. 1936)
Children5, including Aretha, Erma, and Carolyn

Barbara Vernice Franklin (née Siggers; June 29, 1917 – March 7, 1952) was an American gospel singer and pianist, the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.