On 4 July 1889, "Prof" married Arta Kathryn Reneau, daughter of John C. Reneau, a confederate Veteran, and Celia Murphree Reneau. In 1874, at the age of 7, Wm Franklin Maynor entered Old Ebeneezer school in Murphree's Valley. At the age of 17, he entered Walnut Grove College, walking 5 miles to college each day, graduated in 1888, took the state teacher's exam and was awarded a first grade certificate. During the next two years, he taught at five different schools on Straight Mountain. There were only 9 first grade teachers in the entire county. He graduated from Blount College in 1894 and later received his Masters Degree from the University of Alabama. He came to Oneonta as principal of the public school in 1897. Three years later he bought 320 acres on Straight Mountain, built a home and founded Appalachian School. He taught there, or at Oneonta for twenty years. He served as principal at Crossville, Carbon Hill, and Locust Fork, and was elected Blount County Superintendent of Education in 1936, from which he retired in 1947. "Prof" and Arta had 12 children: Lieut Eldridge Washington Maynor, Minnie Modelia Maynor, Capt Eugene Asbury Maynor, Vera Maynor, Willie E. Maynor, Julius McKinley Maynor, John Wesley Maynor, Clara E. Maynor Jackson, Ruby M Maynor, Bedford Niles Maynor, Grace Perdue Cornelius Maynor, and Wilburn Franklin Maynor. Seven children lived to maturity, the three daughters all taught school for several years in or near Oneonta.

Obituary:
Longtime Blount educator, William Franklin Maynor, dies
After more than a half-century of service to education, Blount County's "Professor" Maynor is dead. The 85-year-old educator, William Franklin Maynor, died yesterday at his home here.
Widely-known by two generations of school children, Mr. Maynor was principal of Blount County High School 20 years. For eight years he was superintendent of education for the county.
He had been a resident of this county since he was 9 years old.
Mr. Maynor was a member of Lester Memorial Methodist Church and an elder.
He was a Mason in Lodge No 324 and a Shriner.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Lester Memorial Methodist Church. The Revs. E.M. Barnes, W.D. Barnes and H. J. Beasley will officiate.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Chambers Brown-Service directing.
Surviving Mr. Maynor are three sons, William F. Maynor Jr., chief of police here, Eugene Maynor of Chicago, Ill. and J. M. Maynor of Tulsa, Oklahoma; three daughters, Mrs. E.P. Gilliland of Boaz, Rt. 3, Mrs. H.V. Jackson of Houston, Miss., and Mrs. Talmadge Cornelius of Oneonta; three brothers, D. Maynor of Brownsville, Tex., R.W. Maynor of Altoona and Q.M. Maynor of Albertville; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Murray and Mrs. Eudell Crawford, both of Birmingham.

[The Birmingham News, 12 Dec 1952, Friday, Page 44]