Mrs. Minnie T. Allen of 3189 Chisca, who lost her joy in life when her only son was killed in the Argonne Forest, Sept. 29, 1918, died at 7:55 last night at her home following a short illness. She was 77. Pvt. Bertram B. Yancy, a son by a previous marriage, was killed at the age of 29 while fighting with the Infantry, a branch to which he was transferred so he could see action. Today, his name is the last on "The Doughboy" plaque at Overton Park - honoring Shelby county men killed in action - and on the plaque in the War Memorial Building at Nashville - paying tribute to Tennesseans. She had lived in the past since that unforgetable September day. "Mother lost interest in everything when she received the telephone call that he had been killed," her daughter, Mrs. Luke L. McLaurine Sr., said. "She fainted at the phone and a neighbor found her. She often talked about meeting him when she died." When a grandson, Second Lieut. Luke L. McLaurine Jr., was reported a prisoner of the Germans on Nov. 16, 1944, Mrs. Allen told her daughter that, "I know just how you feel. I once received a similar notice." Mrs. Allen was born near Somerville, Tenn., and moved her 35 years ago from Brinkley, Ark. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and was the widow of Ben Allen. Services will be held at the National Funeral Home at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon with the Rev. Charles L. Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. She also leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Vera Smart and Mrs. R.A. Derosett, both of Memphis, a sister, Mrs. Emma Pierce of Oakland, Tenn., and two other grandsons with the fighting forces, Pvt. Robbin A. Derosett Jr., stationed in England and Petty Officer 3-c Albert E. Smart Jr., with the Navy Air Force at Beaufort, S.C. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on February 8, 1945)