Southampton-Hanover County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Allen, John S., 1949 

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JOHN SHELBY ALLEN

   John Shelby Allen, 64, merchant and retired postmaster at Doswell, died 
Tuesday, October 18, at a Richmond hospital as the result of a heart attack.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Fowler Allen, and a daughter, 
Miss Adina Allen, both of Doswell; four brothers, Emmett Allen and Berkley 
Allen of Glen Allen, and George O. and Earl Allen of Ashland; and two sisters, 
Mrs. B.J. Smith of Ashland and Mrs. Warren Smith of Ladysmith.

   Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the 
Crew & Clayton Funeral Home in Ashland, followed by interment in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery in Franklin.


John Shelby ALLEN, merchant and retired postmaster at Doswell, 
d. 18 Oct 1949, Richmond, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 237*), Franklin, 
   19 Oct 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 21, 1949, p. 12 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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