James C. Allen

Pikeville – Mr. James C. Allen, 83, of 110 S. Mill Street, died Monday, July 5, 2004 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

A native of Tarheel, North Carolina, Mr. Allen was the son of the late John Fred Allen and Ada Mintz Allen. He was a retired insurance agent with Metropolitan Life with over 30 years of service. Mr. Allen was a charter member of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Goldsboro where he had served as a deacon. He also attended Pikes Crossroads Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pikeville with his wife, Mary Lee.

Graveside services will be Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with Rev. Timothy Creel officiating.

Mr. Allen is survived by his wife, Mary Lee Pope Allen; his daughters, Rita Hart and husband, Ned Hart Jr. of Goldsboro, Diane Clifton and husband, Dallas of Goldsboro and Susie Williams and husband, Ervin of Greenville; his grandchildren, Jennifer Hart, Brandon Hart and Aaryn Williams; his brothers, Donald Allen of Kansas City, KS and Oscar Allen of Philadelphia, PA; and his sister, Eunice Matheson of Hiddenite, NC. He is also survived by his extended family, daughters, Darnell Johnson and husband, Harry of Goldsboro, Peggy Flowers and husband, Tommy of Pikeville, and Rachel Wells and husband, Ralph of Pikeville; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his son, Freddie Allen.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Madison Avenue Baptist Church, 300 S. Madison Ave., Goldsboro, NC 27534 or to Pikes Crossroads Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2494 Pikeville-Princeton Road, Pikeville, NC 27863.

The family will receive friends at his home, 110 S. Mill Street, Pikeville, NC or the home of his daughter, Rita and Ned Hart, Jr., 103 Ashley Ave., Goldsboro.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:6-7