Magdalene Young Allen

89 year old Magdalene Young Allen of Smithville died Sunday at NHC of Smithville. She was owner/operator of Allen’s Ornamental Nursery and a member of the Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association and the WMU of the Smithville First Baptist Church. The funeral will be Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Smithville First Baptist Church, where she was a member. Burial will be in the Whorton Springs Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alonzo Allen; her parents, Charlie and Bertie Turner Young; and brothers, Austin and Bernice Young. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Polly and Joseph A. Payne III of Roswell, Georgia. One granddaughter, Katherine and her husband Branen Hurst of Rossville, Georgia. One great grandchild, William Payne Hurst of Rossville, Georgia. Four step-grandchildren, Laura Payne of Roswell, Georgia, Jenny and her husband Timothy Mangan of Roswell, Georgia, Joseph and his wife, Kim Payne IV of Woodstock, Georgia, Andrea and her husband Patrick Remke of Nashville. Seven step-great grandchildren, Tyler, Evan, and Patrick Mangan of Roswell, Georgia, Bailey, Will, and Mae Remke of Nashville, and Allison Payne of Woodstock, Georgia. One brother, Aaron Young of Elizabethon, Tennessee. Two sisters, Virginia Gill of Silver Point and Marie Colvert of Smithville. Two sisters-in-law, Evelyn Young of Hendersonville and Sofia Young of Memphis. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home.