Jeffery "Jeff" Curtiss Franklin, 49, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Northside Hospital Atlanta. Jeff was born on November 18, 1968 to Ethel Jones Franklin and the late James Curtiss Franklin Jr. in Waterbury, CT. Mr. Franklin was a software developer for Benchmark Technology Group. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm Sunday, January 7, 2018 in the Poole Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm at the funeral home prior to the service. In addition to his father, Jeff was preceded in death by his grandparents. Jeff is survived by his daughter; Elizabeth "Libby" Marie Franklin and her mother Jane Franklin, mother; Ethel Franklin, brothers; Terrence Curtiss Franklin Sr. and Sheldon Curtiss Franklin, two nieces, one nephew, and a host of other family and friends. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to; The National Kidney Foundation https://www.kidney.org/ or The American Heart Association http://www.heart.org