Allen, Lillie K. of Flushing, age 87, died Saturday, November 22, 2014, at McLaren-Flint. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 28, 2014, at Rossell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly. Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Wednesday.
Lillie was born in Selma, Alabama on April 12, 1927, the daughter of Samuel and Addie Jo (Byrd) Doyal. She married Robert M. Allen in Trenton, Georgia on July 15, 1944.
Mrs. Allen was a member of the Red Hat Society and the Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion Post 64. She enjoyed playing Bingo, crocheting, sewing and was an awesome cook.
Lillie is survived by husband, Robert; five children, Robert II and wife Sandy, Gary and fiancee Dee, Daniel and wife Scarlett, Beverley and David, Scott and wife Rhonda; 14 grandchildren, Tami, Cindy, Jamie, Robert III, Travis, Cortney, Michael, Daniel II, Noah, Angelia, Ellisa, William II, Olivia, and Marisa; several great-grandchildren; four sisters, Georgia, Addie, Evelyn and Adda; three brothers, Sam, Frank and Henry. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Naomi and Bobbie Jean; and granddaughter, Rochelle. |
