Floyd County Georgia Obits James Arthur Allen File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Linda Atkins" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/floyd.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of James Arthur Allen James Arthur Allen, 77, of 28 Worsham St., died in a Rome hospital at 5:35 PM Thursday,(July 07, 1956), following a long illness of four years. Mr. Allen received injuries in an automobile accident from which he never fully recovered. He was born in Gilmer County February 18, 1879 son of the late John and Nancy Whitaker Allen and prior to moving to Rome a year ago, resided in the Bethel Community on the Adairsville Rd for 40 years where he was a well known farmer. For many years he was an active member of Bethel Baptist Church and upon coming to Rome moved his membership to Hollywood Baptist Church. Survivors include the wife, the former Miss Margaret Conley, to whom he was married March 8, 1903; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Jarrell, Silver Creek Rt. 1, Mrs. Virginia Graham, Los Angelas, Calif., and Mrs. Lois Manning of Columbus; two sons, B. V. of Rome Rt 4 and V. H. Allen of Calhoun; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Smith Delray Beach Florida and Clista Allen of Calhoun; two brothers J. F. of Calhoun and J. P. Allen of Acron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren also survive. Funeral Services will be held at 5 PM Saturday in the Chapel of Jennings Funeral Home with Rev Howard Holcomb, Rev S. H. Pendley and Rev Harvy Brown officiating. Interment will be in East View Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home untill time for services. Pallbearers include Green B. Williams, C. H. and Thomas A. Barnes, Raymond Millican, Raymond Stowe, and C. A. Smith. The family will be at the residence of the daughter, Mrs. Jarrell, on Pleasant Valley South Rd and will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 PM till 9PM today. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============