Allen died Saturday. She was 85.
Allen spent nearly her entire life in Sanford. She was the daughter of Wallace and Josephine Allen. As a child, she attended St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where she eventually became a deaconess and looked after many of the children who passed through its doors. At 18, she married a sailor stationed nearby. Although she and Willie M. Hatch Jr. later divorced, many still knew her as Mrs. Hatch.
Allen structured much of her life around her children. She led Girl Scout troops. She directed the youth choir at church. She always attended honors assemblies and Christmas plays. She even accompanied her daughters to prom.
Allen cleaned other people's houses to earn extra income and would save up to purchase pastel Easter dresses for her daughters. Allen also made a habit of bringing sweet potato pies to the ill and volunteered as a nurse at Crooms Academy, putting bandages on scrapes and comforting sick children.
At church, Allen was a member of the gospel and mass choirs, the deaconess board, and at one point served as the president of the Mission Society. She volunteered for several other organizations.
She is also survived by daughters Brenda H. Springs of Greenville, S.C., and Louise Gail H. Redding of Deltona; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda H. Williams.
Allen spent nearly her entire life in Sanford. She was the daughter of Wallace and Josephine Allen. As a child, she attended St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where she eventually became a deaconess and looked after many of the children who passed through its doors. At 18, she married a sailor stationed nearby. Although she and Willie M. Hatch Jr. later divorced, many still knew her as Mrs. Hatch.
Allen structured much of her life around her children. She led Girl Scout troops. She directed the youth choir at church. She always attended honors assemblies and Christmas plays. She even accompanied her daughters to prom.
Allen cleaned other people's houses to earn extra income and would save up to purchase pastel Easter dresses for her daughters. Allen also made a habit of bringing sweet potato pies to the ill and volunteered as a nurse at Crooms Academy, putting bandages on scrapes and comforting sick children.
At church, Allen was a member of the gospel and mass choirs, the deaconess board, and at one point served as the president of the Mission Society. She volunteered for several other organizations.
She is also survived by daughters Brenda H. Springs of Greenville, S.C., and Louise Gail H. Redding of Deltona; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda H. Williams.
Allen died Saturday. She was 85.
Allen spent nearly her entire life in Sanford. She was the daughter of Wallace and Josephine Allen. As a child, she attended St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where she eventually became a deaconess and looked after many of the children who passed through its doors. At 18, she married a sailor stationed nearby. Although she and Willie M. Hatch Jr. later divorced, many still knew her as Mrs. Hatch.
Allen structured much of her life around her children. She led Girl Scout troops. She directed the youth choir at church. She always attended honors assemblies and Christmas plays. She even accompanied her daughters to prom.
Allen cleaned other people's houses to earn extra income and would save up to purchase pastel Easter dresses for her daughters. Allen also made a habit of bringing sweet potato pies to the ill and volunteered as a nurse at Crooms Academy, putting bandages on scrapes and comforting sick children.
At church, Allen was a member of the gospel and mass choirs, the deaconess board, and at one point served as the president of the Mission Society. She volunteered for several other organizations.
She is also survived by daughters Brenda H. Springs of Greenville, S.C., and Louise Gail H. Redding of Deltona; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda H. Williams.
Allen spent nearly her entire life in Sanford. She was the daughter of Wallace and Josephine Allen. As a child, she attended St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where she eventually became a deaconess and looked after many of the children who passed through its doors. At 18, she married a sailor stationed nearby. Although she and Willie M. Hatch Jr. later divorced, many still knew her as Mrs. Hatch.
Allen structured much of her life around her children. She led Girl Scout troops. She directed the youth choir at church. She always attended honors assemblies and Christmas plays. She even accompanied her daughters to prom.
Allen cleaned other people's houses to earn extra income and would save up to purchase pastel Easter dresses for her daughters. Allen also made a habit of bringing sweet potato pies to the ill and volunteered as a nurse at Crooms Academy, putting bandages on scrapes and comforting sick children.
At church, Allen was a member of the gospel and mass choirs, the deaconess board, and at one point served as the president of the Mission Society. She volunteered for several other organizations.
She is also survived by daughters Brenda H. Springs of Greenville, S.C., and Louise Gail H. Redding of Deltona; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda H. Williams.
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