A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Enoch Mitchell and Artie Taylor Allen.
He was a veteran of World War I and served In the Argone Forest Battle in France and was awarded a victory medal.
He was a retired carpenter with Tennessee Valley Authority and the Naval Ordinance Laboratory. He was a member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by the wife, Mae Stiles Alien; seven daughters, Mrs. Paul Taylor and Mrs. Roy Lee Wilson of Candler, Mrs. William S. Sanders of Columbia, Tenn., Mrs. Charles Griffith of Murphy, Mrs. Joe Barnett of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Wendell Moore of Hayesvllle, and Mrs. Harold Scroggs Jr. of Asheville; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Friendship Baptist Church. The Revs. Clayton Haxter and Fred Lunsford will officiate. Burial will be In the church cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Ella Rogers Post No. 192 of Graham County.
The body will remain at Ivie Funeral Home until placed in the church 30 minutes before the services.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina) · 9 Oct 1978, Mon · Page 5
A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Enoch Mitchell and Artie Taylor Allen.
He was a veteran of World War I and served In the Argone Forest Battle in France and was awarded a victory medal.
He was a retired carpenter with Tennessee Valley Authority and the Naval Ordinance Laboratory. He was a member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by the wife, Mae Stiles Alien; seven daughters, Mrs. Paul Taylor and Mrs. Roy Lee Wilson of Candler, Mrs. William S. Sanders of Columbia, Tenn., Mrs. Charles Griffith of Murphy, Mrs. Joe Barnett of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Wendell Moore of Hayesvllle, and Mrs. Harold Scroggs Jr. of Asheville; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Friendship Baptist Church. The Revs. Clayton Haxter and Fred Lunsford will officiate. Burial will be In the church cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Ella Rogers Post No. 192 of Graham County.
The body will remain at Ivie Funeral Home until placed in the church 30 minutes before the services.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina) · 9 Oct 1978, Mon · Page 5
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Gravesite Details
Shares stone with Mae S. Allen
Family Members
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James Andrew Allen
1878–1961
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Artie Victoria "Vicky" Allen Taylor
1880–1964
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John Quince Allen
1883–1959
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Florence Allen Johnson
1885–1967
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Ida Mae Allen Passmore
1888–1973
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William Virgel Allen
1890–1956
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Infant Son Allen
1892–1892
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Norma Lee Allen Payne
1893–1930
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Dora Elizabeth Allen Lewis
1895–1977
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Elbert Milton Allen Sr
1898–1955
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Myrtle Allen
1900–1900