Mrs. Edith Irene Allen, age 92, a resident of Ashdown, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Ashdown.
She was born April 27, 1919 in Genoa, Arkansas. Mrs. Allen was a member of the Methodist Church in Foreman. She was a homemaker and a retired receptionist at Ash Grove Cement in Foreman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben Purifoy Sr. and Florence Castle Purifoy of Genoa, Arkansas; two sisters, Floretta Rose and Blanche Owen; two brothers, Jack and Walter Purifoy and three husbands, Clyde Kemp, Wyatt Camp, and C.L. (Buzz) Allen.
Mrs. Allen is survived by one daughter, Virginia Litchford of Berryville, Arkansas; two sons, Kenneth C. Kemp Sr. and wife, Linda, of Horatio, Arkansas and Harold Wayne Kemp and wife, Leesa, of Ashdown, Arkansas; fourteen grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren; three sisters, Frances Cornett of Austin, Texas, Minnie Etta Stone of Texarkana, Arkansas and Patricia Overmyer of Texarkana, Texas; three brothers, Ben Purifoy Jr. of Genoa, Arkansas, F.D. Purifoy of Saratoga, Arkansas and Robert Purifoy of Genoa, Arkansas.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Allen will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2012 in the Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Roden officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Center Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Edith Irene Allen, age 92, a resident of Ashdown, Arkansas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Ashdown.
She was born April 27, 1919 in Genoa, Arkansas. Mrs. Allen was a member of the Methodist Church in Foreman. She was a homemaker and a retired receptionist at Ash Grove Cement in Foreman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben Purifoy Sr. and Florence Castle Purifoy of Genoa, Arkansas; two sisters, Floretta Rose and Blanche Owen; two brothers, Jack and Walter Purifoy and three husbands, Clyde Kemp, Wyatt Camp, and C.L. (Buzz) Allen.
Mrs. Allen is survived by one daughter, Virginia Litchford of Berryville, Arkansas; two sons, Kenneth C. Kemp Sr. and wife, Linda, of Horatio, Arkansas and Harold Wayne Kemp and wife, Leesa, of Ashdown, Arkansas; fourteen grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren; three sisters, Frances Cornett of Austin, Texas, Minnie Etta Stone of Texarkana, Arkansas and Patricia Overmyer of Texarkana, Texas; three brothers, Ben Purifoy Jr. of Genoa, Arkansas, F.D. Purifoy of Saratoga, Arkansas and Robert Purifoy of Genoa, Arkansas.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Allen will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2012 in the Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Roden officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Center Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the funeral home.
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