Mary Allen

Mary Ethel Davison Allen, 96 of Glasgow, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2011 at Barren County Healthcare in Glasgow, KY. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Paul Addington Allen. Born in the Beech Grove area of Barren County, KY October 4, 1914, the youngest child of Rodes and Maud Matthews Davison, she was a lifelong resident of Barren County except for two years when her family lived in Winter Haven, Florida due to health concerns for her mother and sister Clarine, who both died there. Mary Ethel was a graduate of Glasgow High School and Western Kentucky University. She became a teacher first in one and two room schools at Railton, Merry Oaks and Beckton while helping her husband, who also taught, run a small country store at Merry Oaks, KY. After thirty eight years she retired in 1974 from Liberty Street Elementary School where she taught first grade, reading and Head Start. She was fondly remembered by her many students and colleagues. She was a long time member of the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow where she taught Sunday School and was active in church affairs. She is remembered for being very supportive of her family and friends. Mary Ethel was also preceded in death by her brothers Lee, Joseph, and Clem and sister Velma Davison Bowles. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Linda Allen Jones and Wayne Jones, and granddaughter Andrea Jones, all of Louisville, and by granddaughter Allison Jones O