Mildred Winston Allen, 102, completed life’s long journey, June 8, 2012.
She was born to Stephen and Effie Winston on March 3, 1910 in Youngsville, NC and always held it close to her heart. She graduated from Youngsville High School and Women’s College of Greensboro, now UNC-G . She was a school teacher for several years at Youngsville and Wilton but is remembered by most as a housewife and devoted wife of Alvis Allen for 54 years before his death in 2001. Both were quite active in the Brassfield and Wilton communities.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Brassfield Baptist Church in Creedmoor with interment following in the church cemetery.
Gone but not forgotten she leaves behind her wit to son Alvis Allen Jr. (Vickie) and her sense of independence to daughter Patricia (Billy) Stevens., granddaughters Becky Wike, Chris Dement, Melanie Townsend and Teri Barringer will always remember the warmth and good food at grandma’s house. She leaves behind six great grandchildren, Graham Kaylee, Carson, Delanie, Mason, Turner and special friend and sister-in-law Mabel A. Harris.
Donations honoring her life can be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh NC 27607 or Brassfield Baptist Church, 2072 NC Hwy 96, Creedmoor, NC 27522.
Visitation 12:00-1:00 PM Tuesday prior to the service at Brassfield Baptist Church.
Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor in charge of arrangements.
