Obituary of Lucille Allison, Faulkner County, AR

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Submitted by:  Jo Ann Cooper <cooper@inet-direct.com>
Date: 26 Mar 1999

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THE LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT October 16, 1952 Conway, AR, Arkansas Weekly

    Mrs. Lucille Allison, 46, daughter of a Conway couple and wife 
of a former Conway man, Eugene H. Allison, died at Roosevelt Hospital 
in New York City late Saturday.  Mrs. Allison underwent an operation 
last Tuesday.
    The body is being returned to Conway and will reach Little Rock 
late tonight. Funeral will be conducted at McNutt's Funeral Home 
at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
    Mrs. Allison was born at Mist, Ashley County, Ark., Sept. 9, 1906, 
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards, now of Conway. She was graduated 
from former Central College here in 1926 and went to New York the 
same year. Three years later she married Mr. Allison. The couple had 
two children, Robert Allison, a sophomore in Columbia University 
and Linda Allison, 4, of the home.
    The family home is 5101 Thirty-Ninth St., Long Island City, N.Y.
    Mrs. Allison was a Baptist.
    Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. J.P.Gammell of Chicago, 
Mrs. Mary Stewart of New Orleans, Mrs. William H. Roth, of Searcy,
Mrs. A. J. Meadors of Morrilton and Mrs. Alton R. Foster, Jr., of 
Great Bend, Kan., and four brothers, John W. Edwards of Batesville, 
Dr. Hugh R. Edwards of Searcy, Charles B. Edwards of Conway and 
Lt. James R. Edwards Jr., stationed in the Navy in the Philippines.
    The Rev. Othar Smith will officiate at services tomorrow and burial 
will be at Oak Grove cemetery.
    Dr. Edwards and Mrs. Roth flew to New York Friday and they returned 
by air today, being accompained by Linda Allison. Mr. Allison and his son 
are accompanying the body by train. Mr. Allison is a brother of 
Robert C. Allison of Conway.
    Pallbearers will be George W. Cummings, N. F. Bolling, Alvan Lynch, 
A.T. Harrison, Harvey T. Wilson and Thomas G. Wilson.