Services for Velma S. Allen of Brookhaven were 10 a.m., Monday,April 5, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in RiverwoodMemorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Allen, 85, died April 3, 2004, at her daughter’s residencein Meridian. She was born in Franklin County on May 20, 1918, toJohn R. Smith and Ella Strait Smith.

She was retired from King’s Daughters Medical Center. Mrs. Allenwas a member of First Baptist Church of Brookhaven and the LLClub.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Evie E.Allen; a son, Frank Whitehead Jr.; several brothers and sisters;and two grandchildren.

Survivors are her daughters, Jo Ann Wagner of Meridian, andLouise Stafford of Baker, La.; a son, Claude Whitehead of Glendale,Ariz.; her sister, Ella M. Dunnigan of Natchez; her brothers,Donald Smith, Roy Smith and Earl Smith, all of Natchez; ninegrandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and fourgreat-great-grandchildren.