04/11/2026
Wallace 'Lil Flap' Franklin, Jr.
Services are Saturday, Apr. 11, 2026, Paradise Baptist Church 4390 Fannett Rd. Beaumont, TX. Visitation will begin at 1PM until Funeral at 2PM. Interment will begin at Live Oak Cemetery Beaumont, TX.
Wallace Jerome Franklin, Jr., was born on July 16, 1986, to Betty Morris and Wallace Franklin, Sr. of Beaumont, Texas.
Wallace graduated from Ozen High School and then attended Butler Community College in Eldorado, Kansas, where he earned his Business Degree and later moved to Iowa, where he played football for Iowa State University.
Wallace later moved to Fulton, Missouri, to pursue a career as an Executive French Chef in one of the finest restaurants in Fulton. His dedication to the quality and presentation of his cuisines were honored and remembered as being intentional, disciplined, and unmatched. His work spoke for itself. He gave great attention to the detail and quality of his exquisite work. Pure culinary genius.
Wallace Franklin, Jr., also known as Lil Flap, was an individual who brought light into any space he stepped into. Wallace was more than an athlete who played for Iowa State; in fact, that was only a small percentage of who he was. Since he was a kid, he loved football, track, fishing, dancing, singing, and bowling. As time passed, he grew a strong passion for cooking, and for a significant period of his life, making a career of cooking was what he desired most. Above all, Wallace was a man who loved his family and had an even deeper love and care for his children.
Wallace is preceded in death by his grandmothers, Barbara Johnson and Selenna Franklin, his grandfathers, Billy Ray Franklin and Wilson Leday.
On March 26, 2026, Wallace took flight home, leaving to cherish his loving memories, his mother Betty Morris, his father Wallace Franklin, Sr., his sisters Stacey Morris, Jaqueline Warner (Charles, III), and Jaquisha Jackson. His sons, Jerome Jeremiah Franklin and Josiah Jireh Franklin, his daughters, Milahna Raine Franklin and Ariahna Willow, his nieces, Janiyiah Banks, Carrington, and Carmen Warner, his nephews Ke'Shawn Morris and Reginald O'Brien, and his great-nephew E'Shawn Morris, and a special friend, Christana Iyayi.
Proctor's Mortuary - Beaumont, is in charge of final arrangements, 3522 Washington Blvd. Beaumont, TX. 77705 (409) 840-2022.The guest book can be signed; words of comfort and condolences for the family can be left at www.proctorsmortuary.com