COLUMBIA — The Rankins are a musical family. So it only seemed fitting that at 17-year-old Bryan “Phatman” Rankin’s funeral his grandma Willa Rankin, his aunt Sheila Rankin and his father, Bryan Rankin, would sing in tribute.
Bryan Rankin's funeral a call to action
Saturday, April 14, 2012 | 8:17 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:07 p.m. CDT, Saturday, April 14, 2012
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