Services for Lizzie Catherine Allen, of Bude, were 2 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 23, at Mt. Olive M.B. Church in Meadville with burialin Higdon Cemetery. Marshall Funeral Home was in charge ofarrangements.

Miss Allen, 73, died Nov. 16, 2008, at her residence. She wasborn in Natchez on Oct. 1, 1935, to Nora Allen Sr. and WeataAllen.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Kirby.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her two sisters, EssieHines and Dessie Lee Allen.

Survivors are a daughter, Linda Grinnell, of Bude; a son,Earnest Allen, of Bude; her two sisters, Baby Lillie Stampley, ofFayette, and Bessie Rae Felton, of Hamburg; her three brothers,Nora Allen Jr., Jacob Allen and C.L. Allen, all of Kirby; her fourgrandchildren; her four great-grandchildren; and a host of aunts,uncles, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.