Obituary for Rebecca Jane Lane Allen

Obituary for Rebecca Jane Lane Allen

Submitted by Sue Chappel, she writes:

Hi Pat,   I received this today from the Bascom Slemp Memorial Library there in Wise County, Virginia.  It only took me 30 years to find  this on her.   I do not as of yet know which newspaper it came from but I did email them back to ask,   they may not answer,  but I just could not wait to add this even though she was not living in Scott County when she died.   She spent most of her life in Scott County before moving to Kentucky and then back to Wise County, Virginia.

AGED WOMAN DIED THURSDAY

Mrs. Rebecca Jane Allen Passes Away at Age 96 Years

Mrs. Rebecca Jane Allen, one of the oldest women in this section, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Carr near the L. & H. depot in Big Stone Gap last Thursday at the age of 96 years. She was a native of  Scott county but had been a resident of this place for the past 25 years.

Mrs. Allen was married to Jimmie Allen at the close of the Civil war after he has served in the ranks of the Confederacy. He died in 1912

Mrs. Allen had a large number of friends in her community all of whom knew and loved to call her “grandma.”

Five daughters and one son survive: Mrs. W. A. Sloan and  Mrs. P. H. Carr, Big Stone Gap; Mrs. Jim Lane and Mrs. Will Lane of Pattonsville; Mrs. Jane Head and Brainard Allen of Mooresville, Ind. Also 26 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She was laid to rest in the cemetery near the extract plant Saturday afternoon.

Rebecca died 18  Mar 1937

Names associated with this entry: Allen • Big Stone Gap • Carr • Head • Lane • Sloan