Gertrude Allen

Four Oaks, NC : Mrs. Gertrude McLamb Allen, age 90, of Four Oaks died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Benson. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Friday, December 19, 2014, at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be Rev. Glenn Fell and Rev. Randy Beasley. Burial will follow at Lee's Chapel Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Four Oaks.       Mrs. Allen was born October 19, 1924 in Johnston County to the late Clyde and Roaner Barefoot McLamb. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Waylon C. Allen, Sr.; sisters, Burlene A. Turner and Eloise McLamb; and a brother, C. B. McLamb, Jr.. Mrs. Allen worked at Fieldcrest and Block Industries.  She was a homemaker and helped on the family farm.       Surviving include her son, Waylon C. "Junior" Allen, Jr. and wife, Susie, of Four Oaks; sisters, Marie M. Parker, Helen M. Baker, and Betty Jean M. Tart, all of Benson; brother, James McLamb of Florence, SC; three grandchildren & spouses, Travis & Karla Allen, Kim Allen, and Kelly & Adrienne Allen; and  five great grandchildren, Kayla Allen, Cody Allen, Ryan Presley Allen, Ava Blair Allen, and Jennings Chord Allen.       The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 12:30PM to 1:30PM Friday prior to the service and other times at the home of Waylon C. "Junior" and Susie Allen, 402 Hannah Creek Road, Four Oaks, NC.