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(''The Shreveport Journal''<br>1908-1953)
(''The Shreveport Journal''<br>1908-1953)
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|birth_place=Brandon, Rankin County<br>[[Mississippi]], USA<br>
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'''Dolph Griffin Frantz''' (September 6, 1886 – July 6, 1953) was a [[journalist]] who was associated on a long-term basis with the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' a once [[conservative]] [[newspaper]] based in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], which folded in 1991 after having moved sharply to the left in the late 1970s.
'''Dolph Griffin Frantz''' (September 6, 1886 – July 6, 1953) was a [[journalist]] who was associated on a long-term basis with the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' a once [[conservative]] [[newspaper]] based in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], which folded in 1991 after having moved sharply to the left editorially in the late 1970s.
Frantz was born in Brandon in Rankin County, a part of the metropolitan area of the capital city of [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]], to Edward E. Frantz (1858-1929) and the former Sudie Brown (1861-1935), who are interred at Cedarlawn Cemetery in Jackson.<ref name=eefrantz>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Frantz&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=11571538&df=all&|title=Edward E. Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He had at least two siblings, Walter Kirkpatrick Frantz (1886-1946), who died in [[New Orleans]] and is interred at New Iberia, Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86733273|title=Walter Kirkpatrick Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and Reaux B. Frantz (1889-1992).<ref name=eefrantz/> Frantz's paternal grandfather, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Sr. (1827-1892), a [[Maryland]] native, was a corporal in [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army and is interred at Brandon Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14303508|title=Corp. Andrew Jackson Frantz, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
Frantz was born in Brandon in Rankin County, a part of the metropolitan area of the capital city of [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]], to Edward E. Frantz (1858-1929) and the former Sudie Brown (1861-1935), who are interred at Cedarlawn Cemetery in Jackson.<ref name=eefrantz>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Frantz&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=11571538&df=all&|title=Edward E. Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He had at least two siblings, Walter Kirkpatrick Frantz (1886-1946), who died in [[New Orleans]] and is interred at New Iberia, Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86733273|title=Walter Kirkpatrick Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and Reaux B. Frantz (1889-1992).<ref name=eefrantz/> Frantz's paternal grandfather, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Sr. (1827-1892), a [[Maryland]] native, was a corporal in [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army and is interred at Brandon Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14303508|title=Corp. Andrew Jackson Frantz, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>