GAINESBORO - Funeral services for Betty Gipson Allen, 87, of Gainesboro will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5, from the chapel of Anderson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Allentown Cemetery in Jackson County.
The family will receive friends from 1-9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until time of services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Allen died on Monday, August 3, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
She was born on April 4, 1911, in Jackson County to the late William M. (W.M.) and Narcissa Price Gipson. Mrs. Allen was a homemaker and a member of Gainesboro First Baptist Church.
Her family includes five sons, Clay Allen of Sharpsville, Ind., Eugene Allen of Gainesboro, Carl Allen of Gordonsville, Ralph Allen of Orangevale, Calif., and Paul Allen of Midfield, Ala.; a daughter, Barbara Nemore of Gainesboro; two brothers, Howard Douglas Gipson of Nashville and John William Gipson of Mount Juliet; 16 grandchildren,18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis K. Allen; a son, Douglas Ray Allen; and a grandson, Thomas Gearld Allen.
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