Dorothy Allen

New Bern: Mrs. Dorothy Jean Daughtry Allen, age 78, of 106 Wadkins Blvd. died Wednesday at her residence. Funeral Service will be 3:00PM Sunday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.   Officiating will be Rev. Vernon Braswell.  Burial will follow in the Thompson Family Cemetery outside of Smithfield.             Mrs. Allen was born on August 21, 1937 in Johnston County to the late William R. and Jenny Wiggs Daughtry. She was preceded in death by her brother, William Harold "Billy" Daughtry and great grandson, Kurt M. Arthur, III.   Mrs. Allen was a homemaker.             Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Ret. USMC MGYSGT Sherwood Lee Allen; children, Charlotte Allen Meeks and husband, Cecil of New Bern and Kemberly Lea Arthur and husband, Kurt of Kernersville; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother, Thomas Glenn Daughtry of Selma; sister, Joyce Merlene Ballance of Virginia; many nieces and nephews.             Family will receive friends 1:45PM-2:45PM Sunday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson.             Flowers are welcome; however, memorials may be made to Paralyzed Veterans, 801 18th St. N.W., Washington, DC  20006.