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Inis Meriwether (Mama Allen) Allen, 91 of Clarksville, TN died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Gateway Medical Center.
The funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 22, at Concord Missionary Baptist Church. The Burial will be at Concord Memorial Garden. Visitation will be Sunday, July 21, from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5p.m. until 7p.m. at Foston Funeral Home.
She was born April 23, 1922 in Kentucky to the late Ellis Meriwether and Dorothy Tyler. She attended Todd County School System. She was a member of Concord Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Mother’s Board. She was a member of The National AFRO American Industrial Union Lodge.
She is preceded in death by her husband Joe L. Allen, Sr. and her siblings Rose M. Eddington, E.W. Meriwther, Randolph Meriwether and Ed Meriwether Sr.
She leaves to cherish her memory her children, Irene(Marion) Porter, Joe(Nancy) Allen, Jr., Edward (Frieda) Allen, Sr., Rosemary (Guy) Haynes and Jerry (Linda) Allen, Sr., all of Clarksville,TN, twenty two grandchildren and forty three great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews and other family and friends.