Graveside services for Loydale Ligon Allen of Vicksburg are 11a.m., Saturday, Aug. 16, at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Clarksdale. RilesFuneral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Friday from 4-7 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mrs. Allen, 59, died Aug. 13, 2003, at River Region MedicalCenter. She was born in Cleveland.

She was a resident of Vicksburg for the past 17 years and wasformerly employed by Hayes Marketing Incorporated. She was a memberof Crawford Street United Methodist Church.

Preceding her in death were her biological father, WaltonMerritt Ligon; and her parents, Dr. George C. Furr and Bessie DaleLigon Furr.

Survivors are her husband, Edgar L. Allen of Vicksburg; herdaughter, Carol Allen Popwell of Birmingham, Ala.; her son, Mark E.Allen of Brookhaven; and her five grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the National Breast CancerFoundation.