Weball about the father of aretha franklin's first child, edward jordan sr. Summary by the sun. The late aretha franklin is renowned for her unstoppable. Webbut one of the wills states that clarence’s father was edward jordan sr. , with whom she also had her second son, edward, in 1957. Webafter her death on august 16, 2018, her family released a statement that read, in one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate. Webbut in a will purportedly handwritten by franklin and discovered after her 2018 death, she identifies a man named edward jordan sr. As the father of clarence. Webit says clarence's father is edward jordan sr. — who's also the acknowledged father of another of the singer's sons, edward, who was born when she.
