Franklin Lee Taunton, affectionately known as Frank, of Valley, Alabama, passed away on October 28, 2024, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama. He was born on September 6, 1968, in Valley, Alabama, to Franklin D. Taunton and Shirley Jean Thrower Taunton, both of whom preceded him in death.

Frank attended Valley High School and also studied at Southern Union. Though disabled later in life, during his working years he worked with Chambers County 911 and the Valley Police Department as a 911 dispatcher, and also served as a security guard at Lanier Hospital. He attended Plant City Baptist Church.

He enjoyed playing games on his phone and especially loved going to Six Flags and Disney World with his family. He met his loving wife, Melissa, while they both worked at Lanier Hospital, where he was a security guard and she was an ER registration clerk.

He is survived by his wife, Melissa Cooper Taunton; his daughter, Kaelynne Taunton; his sister, Elizabeth Sherrill of Wildwood, Georgia; his brother, Stephen (Donna) Taunton of Greenville, Georgia; his mother-in-law, Nancy Cooper of Woodstock, Georgia; his grandmother-in-law, Hazel P. Pulliam of Marietta, Georgia; his nephew, Jason Dillion Sherrill of Wildwood, Georgia; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives, and friends from Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

In addition to his parents, Frank was preceded in death by his mother-in-law, Vicki Y. Cooper; his father-in-law, Jack S. Cooper; his sister-in-law, Lauren Cooper; his nephew, Jamie Barrett; his grandparents, Grace and John Taunton, Annie Lee and Oscar Bennett Thrower; and A.G. Pulliam.

A service will be held for Frank on November 7th at 11 EST at Plant City Baptist Church in Lanett, AL.

Flowers will be accepted at his home address.

Valley-Point Funeral Home & Cremation is honored to serve the family of Franklin Lee Taunton.