Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Franks a Stamps a cikin Lafayette County a kudu maso yammacin Arkansas, ga George Watson Franks (1890-1967) da tsohon Pearl Galloway (1896-1983). Lokacin da yake dan shekara biyu, dangin Franks sun koma Shreveport a arewa maso yammacin Louisiana, inda suka yi zama a unguwar Cedar Grove. A cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe ya zauna a kudu maso yammacin Shreveport kusa da abokinsa na dogon lokaci Claude King, wanda aka sani da waƙoƙin 1962 "Wolverton Mountain" da kuma "The Burning of Atlanta", wani ballad game da
Yaƙin Atlanta na 1864 a cikin Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka.