Franklin James Leaphart

The funeral service for Franklin James Leaphart, 83, of Irmo, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Temples Halloran Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will follow in Bush River Memorial Gardens.Reverend Ricky Ezell will officiate.A visitation for family and friends will be from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Franklin was born in Lexington, SC to the late Abraham Leaphart and Panzie Walker Leaphart on January 11, 1938.He passed away on December 18, 2021, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Franklin was a member of Central Baptist Church and New Bethel AME, where he was on the New Bethel Male Choir. He was the Police Chief of Irmo before retiring from the Department of Mental Health.He was also a member of the Lexington Masonic Lodge. Surviving is his loving wife of 57 years, Rosetta Brannon Leaphart; daughters, Sheila Leaphart and Shaunta Leaphart; sister, Panzie Alberta Johnson and Mattie MildredHudson; brother, Abraham Leaphart; grandchildren, George K. Morgan, Jr., Michaela C. Morgan, and Michael C. Morgan; great-grandchildren, Dallas James Morgan, NÃ laiah I. Morgan, and Serenity Morgan.Franklin was preceded in death by his father and mother, and sister, Mary Ellen Davis Jones, and three brothers, George Everett Leaphart, Sammy Alfred Leaphart, and William Woodrow Walker.