ALLEN, Lydia Mayfield (d. 1947)

ALLEN, Lydia Mayfield (d. 1947)

Mrs. Lydia Allen, 80, widow of George Allen, died Saturday at her home in the first district. The funeral and burial were at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Crain Hill cemetery in Van Buren county.  Born in Van Buren county September 13, 1866, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of Jasper Mayfield and Mary Jane Hillis Mayfield; survivors include two sons, Frank Allen of McMinnville and Jack Allen of Nashville; four sisters, Mrs. Emmie Barnes of McMinnville, Mrs. Walter Sparkman of Doyle, Mrs. Ozelle Rutledge of Campaign, and Mrs. Lou Groves of Laurelburg; and a brother, Jack Mayfield of this county. Arrangements by the High Funeral company.

Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN.  January 21, 1947
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio from her 4th Obituary book, 2001]

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