Thellie Christine Allen

91 year old Thellie Christine Allen of Alexandria died Sunday at the Quality Care Nursing Home in Lebanon. She was a Wilson County native, a retired shirt factory worker, and an active member of the Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. Tim Diffenderfer will officiate and burial will be in the Talley Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home and Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dossie B. and Thellie Lemons Sellars and her husband of 50 years, Wade Allen. Survivors include children, Bobbie Nell and her husband Jimmy Staley of Gallatin, Willie B. Allen of Donelson, and George Allen of Alexandria. Grandchildren, Allen and wife Melissa Staley of Franklin and Sharon and husband Robert Dunn of Bloomington, Illinois. Great grandchildren, Alex Dunn, Kaitlin Dunn, and Rachel Dunn. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements. The family requests that donations be made to the Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church or the Talley Cemetery in lieu of flowers.