Obituaries: Mary L. Elizabeth Mercer Allen, 1941, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 2, 1941 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Mary L. Allen Succumbs Here Tuesday Night

Lifelong Resident of Winn Is Buried At Pleasant Hill

Mrs. Mary L. (Mercer) Allen, 66 years of age, died at a local clinic Tuesday
at 8 p.m. following an operation.  She had been in failing health for a number
of years.

A lifelong resident of Winn Parish, she was born and reared in the Pleasant
Hill and Union communities of Ward Two, and lived her entire life in those
communities.  For 38 years Mrs. Allen had been a member of the Baptist Church,
her membership being first at Pleasant Hill and later at Winnfield.  She was
the widow of the late Prindo "Dutch" Allen, who died in 1918.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Pleasant Hill
Church with Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the Winnfield Baptist Church in
charge.  Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian pastor, assisted.  Interment was in
the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Albert Smith, Walter Allen, Hugh Mercer, Charlie
Jordan, O. K. Allen, and Harwell Allen.

Mrs. Allen is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Luther Busby, of Sikes; and four
sons, D. C. Allen, Winnfield; Luther Allen, Lecompte; Ernest Allen, Many; and
Julius Allen, Baton Rouge.  She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Charlie Jordan
of Pleasant Hill; Mrs. Bill Crawford of East Point; Mrs. Martha Frantom,
Pleasant Hill; and one brother, Millard Mercer, Alexandria.