Lou Etta Allen

Evangelist Lou Etta Allen died Friday, May 13, 2005. She was born Sept. 30, 1909, in the Cedar Hill community of Anson County to the late Frank and Parthania Allen. She attended the Cedar Hill School in Anson County. At an early age, she accepted Christ and joined Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Later she moved to Albemarle, and there she joined Saint Delight Holy Church, where she remained until her health failed. Evangelist Allen began evangelizing at an early age and continued for more than 50 years. She worked for Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Craver for many years. She was a great seamstress and cook. She dedicated her life to giving to others. She was the eldest of two sisters and a brother, all having preceded her in death except for a sister, Evangelist Annie Coleman Carthron. She cared for all of her siblings and their children. She was mother to the whole family. She later moved into the Sunrise Towers at 801 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston-Salem. She lived there until she was taken to Ramseur, and while there she was placed in a nursing home in Asheboro for more than 10 years. While there, she received a beautiful plaque from her church for more than 50 years of dedicated service to the Lord. The reading sums up her life as a true Missionary for the Lord. She was brought back to Winston-Salem after the death of her sister, Blanche Johnson. She was placed in the Lutheran Nursing Home until she was moved to Oak Summit Nursing Home. She leaves to mourn her passing her sister, Evangelist Annie Coleman Carthron; and her guardian and nieces, Pastor Sarah C. Hauser and Louise Garlington. She has a host of nieces and nephews including Pastor Essie McCullough and Bishop Daniel Coleman; and many more relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 20, at New Direction Movement Cathedral, with Pastor Essie C. McCullough and Bishop Daniel R. Coleman officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill AME Zion Church in Wadesboro, where the Elder James Richardson of Saint Delight Holy Church will officiate. The family will receive friends from 7 to 7:30 p.m., May 19, at Gilmore Funeral Home. (Gilmore)