Born April 10, 1903 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Ulysses S. Grant Allen and Rhoda Reed Allen.
She had lived in Bramwell all her life and was a housewife. She was a member of the Bramwell Weslyan Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Goins, and one daughter, Janet Bryant.
Survivors: daughters, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Lucas of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Jack (Lillian) Frith of Rocky Mount, Va., Mrs. Roy (Zelda) Cook of Bramwell; sons, Howard Goins and Arthur Goins, Jr., both of Bramwell, William Goins of Elkhart, In.; brother, Donald Allen of Bramwell; sisters, Ethel Hatter, Beatrice Dunn, both of Waynesboro, Va.; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 3 p.m at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell, with the Rev. Michael Dickerson officiating and burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m today.
Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Born April 10, 1903 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Ulysses S. Grant Allen and Rhoda Reed Allen.
She had lived in Bramwell all her life and was a housewife. She was a member of the Bramwell Weslyan Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Goins, and one daughter, Janet Bryant.
Survivors: daughters, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Lucas of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Jack (Lillian) Frith of Rocky Mount, Va., Mrs. Roy (Zelda) Cook of Bramwell; sons, Howard Goins and Arthur Goins, Jr., both of Bramwell, William Goins of Elkhart, In.; brother, Donald Allen of Bramwell; sisters, Ethel Hatter, Beatrice Dunn, both of Waynesboro, Va.; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 3 p.m at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell, with the Rev. Michael Dickerson officiating and burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m today.
Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Family Members
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Lillian Dae Allen Owens
1894–1983
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Vivian Ray Allen
1895–1961
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Maggie Mae Allen Bennett
1897–1970
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George Leonard Allen Sr
1899–1970
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Samuel Clarence Allen
1901–1959
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Ethel Jane Allen Hatter
1905–1987
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Arthur Simpson Allen
1907–1936
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Howard Lowell "Tom" Allen
1909–1971
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Beatrice "Bea" Allen Dunn
1911–1996
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William Frank Allen
1913–1976
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Forest Elsworth Allen
1915–1977
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Charles Edwin Allen
1918–1918
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Donald Emmerson Allen
1920–1997
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