JOHNSONVILLE -Julia Rae Ard Allen, 67, wife of Curtis L. Allen, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2004, in a Georgetown hospital after an illness. Mrs. Allen was born in Florence County a daughter of the late Harley P. Ard Sr. and the late Lula Driggers Ard. She was a loving wife of 52 years and mother and a member of New Vision Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband of the home are two sons, Bobby (Barbara) Allen and Danny (Dee) Allen, both of Johnsonville; two daughters, Mickey (Paul) Evans of Johnsonville and Loriann (Joe) Lane of Latta; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Frances Matthews and Joyce Matthews, both of Georgetown; and four brothers, Buddy Ard of Hemingway, Harley P. Jimmy Ard Jr. of Georgetown, Edward Ard of Eden, N.C., and Rev. Roger Ard of Mullins. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Evans Watts. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. today at New Vision Free Will Baptist Church with interment following in Poplar Hill Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Morris Funeral Home of Hemingway. Memorials may be made to The American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10006. submitted by Helen Lane Wiggins