Helen Bishop Allison

1920 - 2016

Fort Mill - Mrs. Helen Bishop Allison, 96, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at CMC-Pineville.

Funeral services will be 2:00 Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Sisk Memorial Baptist Church with Dr. Tom Tucker officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery West, Charlotte, NC. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

A native of Greenville, SC, Mrs. Allison was a daughter of the late E.J. Bishop and Eula Barton Bishop. Mrs. Allison met her future husband, James C Allison when she was in the 6th grade and their relationship continued through 76 years of marriage. She was a 1937 graduate of Parker High School in Greenville, SC and her class was the first to graduate after twelve years of school. The first time Mrs. Allison left the state of South Carolina was when she went to New York and later to California to meet her husband in port during WW II. In 1960, Helen and James opened A & A Used Cars of Charlotte, NC and ran the business together until they retired in 1978.

Surviving are two sons, James Allison, Jr. and his wife, Linda and Mike Allison and his wife, Carol; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Allison; and a daughter, Nancy Bradley. Memorial donations may be made to Sisk Memorial Baptist Church, 115 Massey Street, Fort Mill, SC 29715.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.fortmillfuneralhome.com