Bibb County GaArchives Photo place.....Ira Oscar Allen's store on Hazel Street ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Allen jallen46@cox.net November 3, 2004, 9:49 pm Source: Photo was provided by Edna Allen Davis. Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/photos/ph2965iraoscar.jpg Image file size: 255.2 Kb Photograph is of the location of the store owned and operated by Ira Oscar Allen. Before the photo was taken there had been a fire and the balcony staircase that went to where the door is seen high up on the front of the building was where family members could go in and out. It is also said the upstairs was rented out, but that is unknown. Ira Oscar Allen was an evangelist preacher with the Assembly of God Church. Family members say he had some connection with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Lizella, Georgia when it was originally begun. Most of the Allen family did have connection with this church through the years and the family burial plot is located in the church cemetery. The names of the people on the porch are unknown except for the man who is known to be James Walter Allen, Sr. and the women to his right is believed to be his wife, Mattie Snellgrove Allen. The old store was located on Hazel Street at its intersection with Hazel Street Lane. Unfortunately the store and house connected are no longer there since being torn down. Additional Comments: Obituary of Rev. Ira Allen, 96, Former Evangelist taken from the Macon Telegraph Newspaper 15 April 1976. Rev. Ira O. Allen Rev. Ira O. Allen, 96, of 3322 Markwood Drive, died Tuesday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Allen, a lifelong resident of Bibb County, was a retired minister with the Assembly of God Church and had served many years as an evangelist with the Assembly of God Church headquarters. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews. The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Lavender, 3322 Markwood Drive. Crest Lawn Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/photos/ph2965iraoscar.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb