Helen Franklin

Helen Caine Franklin passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in her home. Helen was born and raised in Chattanooga where she graduated from the Bright School and Girls Preparatory School and from there to Duke University for a degree in English. Post graduate Masters degrees were later earned at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Master of Arts in Teaching; University of Louisville, Psychology, and the University of Kentucky, Masters of Library Science. She has been attending classes with Bellermine Universitys Veritas Program for several years. Before moving to Louisville in 1969, she had been employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga; also as a teacher of Latin at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga. In Louisville, she was employed by General Electrics Industrial Design Laboratory at Appliance Park as the consultant of the Homebound Program and as a reference librarian. Helen was an avid proponent of a healthy lifestyle. She was a certified American Red Cross Water Safety Board in Louisville. Helen was a certified Yoga instructor and associated with Ashrams in Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas as well as in the U.S.A. She was a member of Milestone Wellness Center. Helen was the past president and a member for many years of the Monday Afternoon Club, a literary organization which was established in Louisville in 1887. Helen was a Sustaining member of the Junior League and associated with numerous non-profit organization in Chattanooga and Louisville. Helen was the daughter of the late Dr. Winston P. Caine and Helen Hughes Caine, of Chattanooga; her brother, Dr. Winston P. Caine Jr., who died in 2012, was a greatly honored physician of Chattanooga and Tennessee. Survivors are her husband of 44 years, Ben Franklin; her sister, Marjorie Caine Brown (Ron), of Palm Coast, Fla.; and her sister-in-law, Priscilla M. Caine, of Signal Mountain; Helen was very fond of her nephews and their families: The Rev. Stephen M. Caine (Monnie), of Cincinnati, Matthew M. Caine (Molly), of Atlanta, Ga., Adam H. Caine (Katy), of Springsdale, Ar., Robert E. Brown, of Atlanta, and Christopher A. Brown, of Longwood, Fla. There will be a celebration of life at Pearsons Funeral Home, 149 Breckenridge Lane on Saturday, March 15, 2014 from 1-4 p.m. Gifts to celebrate Helen Caine Franklin may be given to the effort to build a bontanical garden in Louisville. Please send donations to Bontanica, P.O. Box 5056, Louisville, KY 40255-0056 or to the organization of your choice.