Ernestine Hearn "Tennie" Allen

Funeral services for Ernestine "Tennie" Hearn Allen, 89, of Butler will be held December 7, 2025, at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel in Butler, Alabama at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Jason Moye officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Lavaca, Alabama.

Mrs. Ernestine passed away November 15, 2025, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama at the home of her son.

Mrs. Ernestine was born on January 20, 1936, in Choctaw County, Alabama. She was a dedicated member of the First Baptist Church in Butler, Alabama, where she found joy in serving within the children's ministries. Over her career at Windham's Kindergarten in Butler, she taught hundreds of children. Throughout her life, she selflessly devoted herself to caring for many family members.

She is survived by her loving husband of 72 years, Richard "Pete" Miller Allen, along with her children, Tina Gay Allen (Robert) and Richard Timothy Allen (Rhonda). Her legacy continues through her grandchildren, Ashley Morgan, Brad Allen (Kaitlyn), Kelley Becton Morgan (Drew), Jared Allen, Drew Allen (Caitlin), Fred Clarke (Danielle), and Rhiannon Clarke (Ernie). She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Madi Allen, Kelynn Allen, Ruby Nunn, Dillon Clarke, Sawyer Clarke, Miller Nunn, Naomi Manzow, June Mersinger, Declan Allen, Hal Allen, and Georgie Mersinger, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Ernest Hearn and Susie Jackson Kelley Hearn and siblings Doris Pauline Greeson, Leroy Hearn and Garland Hearn.

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Arrangements entrusted to Bumpers Funeral Home of Butler.