Mrs. Allen was a lifelong resident of the Ringgold and Tunnel Hill areas.
She was retired from Edgewood Chenille after 30 years of service and was a member of Welcome Hill Baptist Church of Ringgold.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Neal Allen; three sons, Randell & Ronnie Allen and infant son, Gordon Allen, Jr.; daughter-in-law, Jane Cochran; three brothers, Robert, Willie, and Arthur Wright; and two sisters, Susie Smith, Maddie Knight.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn & Russell Pope; son, Jerry Allen; two daughters-in-law, Lorene Allen Gaston of Tunnel Hill and Jenny Allen Forgey, of Ringgold; grandchildren, Tracey & Ben McEntyre of Ringgold, Shawna & Eric Couch of Cleveland, Chris & Kristi Allen of Tunnel Hill, Todd & Diane Allen of Apison, Rhonda & Robert Schrader of Ringgold, Jeff & Janice Allen, Greg & Sonia Allen, Michael & Tammy Allen all of Tunnel Hill; fourteen great-grandchildren; seventeen great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 2, 2019 from 4-8 p.m. and Thursday, January 3, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Clyde Painter & Rev. Robert K. Schrader officiating.
Interment will follow at Gordy Memorial Gardens with the grandsons serving as pallbearers.
Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home, Wallis-Stewart Chapel, 443 Boynton Drive, Ringgold, GA 30736.
Online guest book at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.
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