Enid News and Eagle
August 2008
The funeral for Cedonia Pearl Allen, 72, of El
Reno, will be 11 AM Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Mount Moriah
Baptist Church, El Reno. The Rev. Macco McDaniel will officiate.
Burial will be in El Reno Cemetery, El Reno. Arrangements are by
Russworm Funeral Home, Watonga.
She was born August 22, 1935, in Verden to John and Dez Allen
and died Monday, August 4, 2008, in Edmond.
In 1941, the family moved to El Reno. She graduated from Booker
T. Washington high school. She moved to Oklahoma City, then
later to Lawton. She was a member of Greater Galilee Baptist
Church, where she sang in the choir. She returned to El Reno and
renewed her membership with Mount Moriah Baptist Church. She
worked 33 years for Hensley's Restaurant, El Reno, until
retiring.
Surviving are one sister, Margaret White of El Reno; three
brothers, John Allen, Warner Allen and Leo Allen, all of El
Reno; and three granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by one son and two sisters.