CHESTER - Mrs. Barbara Carpenter Dodds Allen, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at her home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Sealy officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC 29706.
Mrs. Allen was born Jan. 20, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a daughter of the late Ernest J. Carpenter and Mary Ruth Smith Carpenter. She attended the schools of Georgia and was retired from Springs Industries and Chester County School District where she worked in the cafeteria. Mrs. Allen was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and outdoor gardening.
She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Luther D. Allen; two sons, Claude Dodds and wife, Becky of Davenport, Neb., and Wayne Dodds and wife, Rita of Chester; one daughter, Mary Dodds Smith and husband, Heyward of Chester; one stepson, James N. Allen and wife, Debbie of Lancaster; two stepdaughters, Robin Hawhee and husband, Robbie of Franklin, Ind., and Rosa Harris and husband, Walter of New Mexico; 15 grandchildren, Richie Morrison of Chester, Angie Leonard of Blackstock, Karen Turner of Chester, Anna Laws of Fort Lawn, Christy Ferrell of Summerville, Cindy Anthony and Laura Watts of Chester, Lisa Sanpair of Raleigh, N.C., Claude "Buddy" Dodds of Indiana, Kim Grant and Amber Dodds of Chester, Carolyn Hawhee of Franklin, Ind., Robert Harris of New Mexico, Mariah Harris of New Mexico, and Beth Allen of Lancaster, S.C.; 23 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Claude Wylie Dodds.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 760 Calvary Church Rd., Chester, SC 29706 or to Hospice Care of SC, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Sealy officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC 29706.
Mrs. Allen was born Jan. 20, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a daughter of the late Ernest J. Carpenter and Mary Ruth Smith Carpenter. She attended the schools of Georgia and was retired from Springs Industries and Chester County School District where she worked in the cafeteria. Mrs. Allen was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and outdoor gardening.
She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Luther D. Allen; two sons, Claude Dodds and wife, Becky of Davenport, Neb., and Wayne Dodds and wife, Rita of Chester; one daughter, Mary Dodds Smith and husband, Heyward of Chester; one stepson, James N. Allen and wife, Debbie of Lancaster; two stepdaughters, Robin Hawhee and husband, Robbie of Franklin, Ind., and Rosa Harris and husband, Walter of New Mexico; 15 grandchildren, Richie Morrison of Chester, Angie Leonard of Blackstock, Karen Turner of Chester, Anna Laws of Fort Lawn, Christy Ferrell of Summerville, Cindy Anthony and Laura Watts of Chester, Lisa Sanpair of Raleigh, N.C., Claude "Buddy" Dodds of Indiana, Kim Grant and Amber Dodds of Chester, Carolyn Hawhee of Franklin, Ind., Robert Harris of New Mexico, Mariah Harris of New Mexico, and Beth Allen of Lancaster, S.C.; 23 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Claude Wylie Dodds.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 760 Calvary Church Rd., Chester, SC 29706 or to Hospice Care of SC, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706.
CHESTER - Mrs. Barbara Carpenter Dodds Allen, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at her home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Sealy officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC 29706.
Mrs. Allen was born Jan. 20, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a daughter of the late Ernest J. Carpenter and Mary Ruth Smith Carpenter. She attended the schools of Georgia and was retired from Springs Industries and Chester County School District where she worked in the cafeteria. Mrs. Allen was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and outdoor gardening.
She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Luther D. Allen; two sons, Claude Dodds and wife, Becky of Davenport, Neb., and Wayne Dodds and wife, Rita of Chester; one daughter, Mary Dodds Smith and husband, Heyward of Chester; one stepson, James N. Allen and wife, Debbie of Lancaster; two stepdaughters, Robin Hawhee and husband, Robbie of Franklin, Ind., and Rosa Harris and husband, Walter of New Mexico; 15 grandchildren, Richie Morrison of Chester, Angie Leonard of Blackstock, Karen Turner of Chester, Anna Laws of Fort Lawn, Christy Ferrell of Summerville, Cindy Anthony and Laura Watts of Chester, Lisa Sanpair of Raleigh, N.C., Claude "Buddy" Dodds of Indiana, Kim Grant and Amber Dodds of Chester, Carolyn Hawhee of Franklin, Ind., Robert Harris of New Mexico, Mariah Harris of New Mexico, and Beth Allen of Lancaster, S.C.; 23 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Claude Wylie Dodds.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 760 Calvary Church Rd., Chester, SC 29706 or to Hospice Care of SC, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Sealy officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC 29706.
Mrs. Allen was born Jan. 20, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a daughter of the late Ernest J. Carpenter and Mary Ruth Smith Carpenter. She attended the schools of Georgia and was retired from Springs Industries and Chester County School District where she worked in the cafeteria. Mrs. Allen was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and outdoor gardening.
She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Luther D. Allen; two sons, Claude Dodds and wife, Becky of Davenport, Neb., and Wayne Dodds and wife, Rita of Chester; one daughter, Mary Dodds Smith and husband, Heyward of Chester; one stepson, James N. Allen and wife, Debbie of Lancaster; two stepdaughters, Robin Hawhee and husband, Robbie of Franklin, Ind., and Rosa Harris and husband, Walter of New Mexico; 15 grandchildren, Richie Morrison of Chester, Angie Leonard of Blackstock, Karen Turner of Chester, Anna Laws of Fort Lawn, Christy Ferrell of Summerville, Cindy Anthony and Laura Watts of Chester, Lisa Sanpair of Raleigh, N.C., Claude "Buddy" Dodds of Indiana, Kim Grant and Amber Dodds of Chester, Carolyn Hawhee of Franklin, Ind., Robert Harris of New Mexico, Mariah Harris of New Mexico, and Beth Allen of Lancaster, S.C.; 23 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Claude Wylie Dodds.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 760 Calvary Church Rd., Chester, SC 29706 or to Hospice Care of SC, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706.
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