Daisy Bell Branch Allen

DAISY BELL BRANCH ALLEN age 72 of Knoxville, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012. She was a member of Everhart Baptist Church. Daisy was a devoted wife and mother who loved God, Church and her family. She sang for many years in the Friendship Gospel Quartet where she used the talent God gave her to minister to others through song. Preceded in death by her husband, George W. Allen, Jr. (G.W.); parents, Amos and Carrie Branch; brother, Gene Branch; great-grandson, Brody Allen. She is survived by 5 children and their spouses, Dewayne and Vickie Allen, Debbie and David Idol, Marsha and Charles Denton, Barry and Teresa Allen and Dallas and Tarran Allen; 15 grandchildren; 5 grandchildren by marriage; 8 great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Maude and I.Q. Lansdell , Jeanette and David Fowler and Marlene Branch; brothers and sister-in-law, Darrell and Deneal Branch and Rev. Louis Branch; many other family members and friends who she dearly loved. The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Tuesday at Weaver’s Chapel with the service to follow at 8 pm. Reverends Louis Branch, Wesley Perciful and Scott Allen officiating. Family and friends will meet at 10:45 am Wednesday at Piney Grove Cemetery for an 11 am interment. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. You may share your condolences and sign Daisy’s register online at www.weaverfuneralservices.com. Arrangements by Weaver Funeral Home.