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 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. 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. 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. Webbut in a will purportedly handwritten by franklin and discovered after she died in 2018, she identifies a man named edward jordan sr. As the father of clarence. 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.