Nellie Coleene Allen

Nellie Coleene Allen, age 63, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2008, in a local healthcare facility. She was a wonderful caring mother, grandmother and a friend to all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie Allen, one daughter, Karen Allen and one sister, Joan Sosbe.

She is survived by one son and daughter in law, Jackie and Dalena Allen, Cleveland, TN; one daughter, Connie Bogart, Johnson City, TN; mother, Lucille Boheler, Spartanburg, S.C.; one sister, Gail White, Spartanburg, S. C.; one special grandson, Patrick Allen, Cleveland, TN; several nieces and nephews and sisters in law and brothers in law also survive.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at Grissom Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family request in that memorials please be made to Memorial and Honor Program c/o St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tennessee 38105

The family will receive friends Tuesday, January 15, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.grissomfh.net