Four Oaks, NC: Mrs. Doris Temple Allen, age 86 of 1683 Parker Rd. died Wednesday at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitations in Benson. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Friday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks. Officiating will be Mr. Durwood Jackson. Burial will follow in Barbour's Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Four Oaks.
Mrs. Allen was born on November 12, 1929 in Johnston County to the late Bennett Rother and Naomi Ellis Temple. She was preceded in death by her husband, David E. Allen, brother, R.A. Temple. Mrs. Allen retired after 46 years of service from First Citizens Bank as the assistant corporate secretary and was a member of Barbour's Chapel Advent Christian Church.
Surviving are son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Linda Allen of Four Oaks; sister, Jean Temple Allen of Benson; sister-in-law, Ella A. Martin of Four Oaks; sister-in-law, Mary Temple, Four Oaks; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Wayne and Carolyn Allen of Raleigh; several nieces and nephews.
The Allen family would like to thank Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation staff and special family friends, Lucky Williams and Judy George for all the loving care they gave Mrs. Allen during her sickness.
Family will receive friends from 1:00PM to 1:45PM prior to the service and other times at the home of Randy and Linda Allen 1629 Parker Rd. Four Oaks, NC 27524.
Flowers are welcomed; however memorials may be made to Barbour's Chapel Advent Christian Church Choir Fund, P. O. Box 357 Four Oaks, NC 27524.