Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Allen, Martha Elizabeth Wright March 28, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 October 31, 2019, 7:53 pm Norfolk Virginian March 29, 1895 Mrs. Martha E. Allen, wife of Mr. L.B. Allen, died yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock after a short illness, of heart trouble. Mrs. Allen was 42 years of age and loved and respected by all who knew her. She leaves, besides her husband, five children--one boy and four girls-- one of them being Mrs. Kendrick of Bristol, Tenn. Her funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from Berkley Avenue Baptist Church, of which she was a consistent member. *********************************************************** The funeral of Mrs. Martha E. Allen, wife of Mr. L.B. Allen, took place from Berkley Avenue Baptist yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and was largely attended by relatives and friends. The services were conducted by Rev. H.N. Quisenberry. The floral designs were numerous and very handsome. The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Judge Geo. D. Parker, Col. K.R. Jenkins, S. Dozier, C.W. Rockefellow (Rockafeller), R.W. Doyle and Chas. Bliven. The remains were interred in Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs. Allen was a member of the large and prominent family of Wright, of Nansemond county, and many of her relatives were present. Maj. C.W. Wright, of Suffolk and Dr. Wright, of Churchland, were in town yesterday to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. L.B. Allen. Norfolk Virginian March 30, 1895 Additional Comments: Magnolia Jan. 12, 1852-March 28, 1894 on tombstone File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/a/allen17254gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb