Emma B. Allen
Emma B. Allen of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Frank Skaggs and Mattie Coakley Skaggs, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, November 19, 1912. She died at 6:50 A.M., Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 98
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
She was an employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
She united in marriage to Willard H. Allen. He preceded her in death May 23, 1939.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Helen and Wayne Sprowles of Campbellsville; two granddaughters: Diane Mardis of Campbellsville and Retha Sprowles of Louisville; two great-grandsons: Kyle Mardis and special friend, Beverly Lynn of Campbellsville and Brandon Mardis and wife, Devin of LaGrange; three great-great-granddaughters: MaKayla Mardis, Emma Hadley and Gracie Hadley; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Alan Wayne Sprowles December 31, 1956; one brother and three sisters: Bob Skaggs, Annie Spratt, Mary Lizzie Wright and Nellie Miller.
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VISITATION: After 12:00 Noon Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICES: 5:30 P.M., Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Otis C. Skaggs
BURIAL: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO GIDEONS BIBLES MAY BE MADE AT THE PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME
