Anna Allen

Anna Mae Burchette Allen GIBSONVILLE, N.C. Anna Mae Burchette Allen, 88, passed away on April 7, 2010, at Moses Cone Hospital. A funeral service was held Sunday, April 11, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church under the direction of Forbis and Dick Funeral Service with the Rev. Dolly Hunt officiating. Interment followed at Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Allen was born in Elkhorn, W.Va., on June 2, 1921, to David Luther and Aurelia Patrick Burchette. She was a graduate of Concord College in Athens, W.Va., and was a teacher for the Guilford County Schools. She was a resident of Greensboro for 55 years. She was a member of Alamance Presbyterian Church where she served as church historian, Sunday school teacher, a Bible school teacher, and a member of the Presbyterian Women who honored her with a Lifetime Membership Award. Together with her husband, Roscoe, she compiled the first comprehensive listing of the Alamance Church Cemetery. Mrs. Allen was a member of the Guilford Battle Chapter DAR, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Roscoe Jackson Allen; a son, Charles Burchette Allen; sisters, Margaret E. Burchette, Mildred Burchette, Dolores Burchette Mottesheard; and a brother, Clifford Burchette. Mrs. Allen is survived by her son, Roscoe Jackson Allen Jr. and wife Marilyn of Greensboro; her daughter, Dolores "Risa" Allen Witherspoon and husband Jim Witherspoon of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Roscoe J. Allen III of Graham, Jennifer Allen Brannock and husband Chris of Pleasant Garden, Charles Patrick Allen and wife Amy of Crofton, Md., David Witherspoon and wife Lisa of McLeansville, Teresa W. Burgess and husband Joey of Holly Springs, N.C., Michael Witherspoon of Gibsonville, James Witherspoon Jr. and wife Ashley of McLeansville, Allen C. Witherspoon and fianc‚ Pen Slaydon of Whitsett; and brother, David Luther Burchette of Raleigh; 15 great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandchild; and a host of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Allen is also survived by special brothers, J.R. Allen and wife Margaret of Abingdon, Va., and Charles F. Allen and wife Jeanette of Kernersville; caregiver Burnette Moore; and special friend, Shirley Simpson, both of Gibsonville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Dr. Roscoe J. Allen and Anna Mae Allen Scholarship Fund; or the Charles Burchette Allen Scholarship Fund at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. Online condolences may be submitted at www.forbisanddick.com Obituary courtesy of Frost Funeral Home, Abingdon, VA.