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Luther Lanier Allen

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Luther Lanier Allen

Birth
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 Feb 1952 (aged 81)
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Spouse's Name: Verna S Peed
Father's Name: Ethan Allen
Mother's Name: Sue Mayes

Funeral services for Luther Lanier Allen, 81, of near Knightdale, who died in Mary Elizabeth Hospital here Monday night after a three-week illness, will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Knightdale Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Allen was a charter member of the church. The Rev M. W. Warren, pastor of the church, and the Rev. R. L. Costner, pastor of the Knightdale Baptist Church, will officiate.

Pallbearers will be John Bullock, Thorpe Blackard, B. C. Hodge, M. W. Bennett, Jr., Woodrow Smith and Russell Griffin.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. E. C. Carr of Farmville, Mrs. Dwight Avery of Raleigh, and Mrs. Cary Upchurch of the home, and Mrs. Willis Hipps of Canton; two sons, L. Webb Allen and W. E. Bill) Allen, both of Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. Harper Wrenn of Oxford and Miss Mary Willie Allen of Washington, D. C.; two brothers, Claude Allen of Washington, D. C., and A. Y. Allen of Youngsville; and nine grandchildren.

Published by The News and Observer 06 Feb 1952, Wed - Page 6.
Spouse's Name: Verna S Peed
Father's Name: Ethan Allen
Mother's Name: Sue Mayes

Funeral services for Luther Lanier Allen, 81, of near Knightdale, who died in Mary Elizabeth Hospital here Monday night after a three-week illness, will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Knightdale Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Allen was a charter member of the church. The Rev M. W. Warren, pastor of the church, and the Rev. R. L. Costner, pastor of the Knightdale Baptist Church, will officiate.

Pallbearers will be John Bullock, Thorpe Blackard, B. C. Hodge, M. W. Bennett, Jr., Woodrow Smith and Russell Griffin.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. E. C. Carr of Farmville, Mrs. Dwight Avery of Raleigh, and Mrs. Cary Upchurch of the home, and Mrs. Willis Hipps of Canton; two sons, L. Webb Allen and W. E. Bill) Allen, both of Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. Harper Wrenn of Oxford and Miss Mary Willie Allen of Washington, D. C.; two brothers, Claude Allen of Washington, D. C., and A. Y. Allen of Youngsville; and nine grandchildren.

Published by The News and Observer 06 Feb 1952, Wed - Page 6.


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