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- "Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, July 24, 1935
MRS. NANNIE ALLEN
Mrs. Nannie Allen, 58, prominent resident of the Siam section, and a member of one of the most prominent families of Carter County, died this morning at 6 o'clock, after a week's illness.
Mrs. Allen was born September 14, 1877, the daughter of the late Robert and Eva Treadway of Watauga Valley. She was married to W. B. Allen of Siam in 1899, moving to the Siam section, where she has since resided.
She was a life-long member of the Baptist church, having joined the Watauga Valley Baptist Church at an early age.
Surviving are four daughters, Misses Mary, Maude, Olive and Bernice Allen; three sons, Will and John, both of Siam, and Frank Allen of Bristol, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Percy of Elizabethton, Misses Lena and Ethel Treadway, both of Watauga Valley; two brothers, Charles and Hicks Treadway, both of Watauga Valley.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Baptist church at Siam Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. C. H. Hopkins, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. C. L. Bowden of Elizabethton, the Rev. Roscoe C. Smith of Erwin and the Rev. S. O. Pinkerton of Bluff City. Music will be in charge of Mrs. C. L. Bowden. Burial will be in the cemetery near the church.
Active pallbearers: Bill Nave, Nat Nave, C. M. Nave, Glen Treadway, Frank Percy and James Fletcher, all nephews of the deceased.
Flower bearers: Mrs. E. A. Morrell, Mrs. W. J. Glass, Mrs. Walter Jacobs, Mrs. S. F. Bowers, Mrs. Ora Hardin, Mrs. O. F. White, Mrs. E. M. Chambers, Mrs. Hobart Nave, Mrs. Myrtle Grindstaff, Mrs. J. L. Moore, Mrs. Dave Chambers, Miss Mildred VanHuss, Miss Margaret Armstrong, and Miss Alice Hyder.
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