Donna L. Allen

Donna Lindsey Allen, 85, of Murphy passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020. She was a native of Cullman, Alabama and moved to Akron, Ohio at a young age. There she met and married the late Robert B. Allen. They had three children. She later moved to Port Orange, Florida from 1968 to 1972, where she was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Port Orange. She then moved to Anderson, South Carolina, where they ran the Haven of Rest Children's Home until 1976.

She then moved to Murphy and had another child. She was an active member of the Boiling Springs Baptist Church, where she played the piano and taught Sunday school for many years. She retired from NC Employment Security Commission.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert B. Allen; and one son, Steve Allen.

Surviving are two daughters, Lydia Long and husband, Bill Long of Edgewater, Florida, Lindsey Denny and husband, Mac Denny of Murphy; one son, David Allen and wife, Cindy Allen of Murphy; six grandchildren, LeighAnna Colgrove and husband, Ben, Michele Allen-Biggs and husband, Galen, Ashley Chastain and husband, Jacob, Andrea Smith and husband, Taylor, and Delaney and Collin Denny; and seven great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the Boiling Springs Baptist Church in Murphy, NC. The family requests that friends share memories of a life well lived.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made in memory of Donna Allen to the United Community Bank, 116 Peachtree Street, Murphy NC 28906 to help with funeral expenses.

Services have been entrusted to Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy NC, https://www.iviefuneralhome.com, and Shannon Maloney Funeral Home, Port Orange FL.