This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Koon, Lamp, Allen, Hardway, Whited, Seman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACI/2386 Message Board Post: Obits courtesy of the Parkersburg Sentinel, Parkersburg, WV, Aug 24, 2001 MARY B. ALLEN Mary Belle Allen, 78, of Parkersburg, passed away August 22, 2001 at her residence. She was born December 17, 1922 in Ritchie County, daughter of the late Wilmer and Laverna Jane Lawson Lamp. She was a housewife and a member of the 10th Avenue Church of God. She is survived by her husband, Orris Allen of Parkersburg; four sons, James, Gary and Joseph Allen, all of Parkersburg and Dennis Allen of Washington WVa; four daughters, Patricia Shultz of Walker, Rebecca Henke and Cindy Allen, both of Parkersburg, and Garnet Jewell of Hackettstown, NJ; three brothers, Wilmer Lamp Jr. Kenneth Lamp and Robert Lamp, all of Parkersburg; two sisters, Geraldine Layman and Arlene Schaffer, both of Parkersburg; 23 grandchildren; and 27 great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, and three sisters. Services will be 11 am Saturday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Gary Pack and the Rev. Bartholomew Perry officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2 – 8 pm today at the funeral home. MARY L. WHITED, 11am, Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Pike Street, south Parkersburg; burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Wells. ALAN W. HARDWAY, 2 pm, Harrisville Baptist Church; burial in Harrisville 100F Cemetery. (Raiguel Funeral Home, Harrisville). THAYLIA M. KOON, 2 pm Kimes Funeral Home, Parkersburg; burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. MICHAEL A. SEMAN, 1 pm, Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth.