Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Franks i Stamps i Lafayette County i te tonga ki te hauauru o Arkansas, ki a George Watson Franks (1890-1967) me te Pearl Galloway o mua (1896-1983). I te rua o ona tau, ka neke te whanau a Franks ki Shreveport i te raki-hauauru o Louisiana, i reira i noho ai ratou ki te takiwa o Cedar Grove. I ona tau whakamutunga i noho ia ki te tonga ki te hauauru o Shreveport e tata ana ki tana hoa mo te wa roa a Claude King, e mohiotia ana mo nga waiata hit o te tau 1962 "Wolverton Mountain" me "The Burning of Atlanta", he waiata mo te
Te pakanga o Atlanta i te tau 1864 i te Pakanga ā-Iwi o Amerika.