Dewayne Edward “Pops” Franklin,63, of Sunset, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, March 29, 2025.

Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Sunset Church of Christ in Sunset, Texas.

Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, Texas.

Dewayne was born on December 30,1961 in Long Beach, California, to Tommy and Joan (Webb) Franklin.

He graduated from Bowie High School in 1980 and was active in track and football. He attended Quachita Baptist University on a track scholarship. Dewayne was an active member of the Sunset Church of Christ. He loved nothing more than spending time with his children and grandchildren. Anyone who met him instantly knew he was a “good egg” as his Grandma Webb would say. He never met a stranger and was loved and respected by many.

He was preceded in death by his father, Tommy Franklin and his grandparents Edward and Clinta Webb, W.C. and Jackie England and Finis Franklin.

He is survived by his mother Joan Franklin of Bowie; son Kyle Franklin and wife Laura of San Marcos; daughter Jacy Bissell and husband Robert of Houston; grandsons Logan and Jackson Franklin; Lincoln and Landon Bissell; granddaughter Kennedy Franklin; sister Tammy Adams and husband Tom of Graham; niece Hannah Atwood and husband Brady of Graham; nephew Michael Morrison of Dallas; great niece Harper Atwood; great nephew Beckett Atwood; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; close friends Brian Bentley and wife Lancine of Denton and Cindy Workman of Bowie.

Memorials may be sent in honor of Dewayne to, Sunset Church of Christ at 464 E. Front St. Sunset, TX 76270.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, Texas.