Helen Allen

July 2, 1924 - December 5, 2020

HELEN RUTH WEBB ALLEN, 96, JOINED THE HEAVENLY CHOIR ON DECEMBER 5,2020. HELEN PASSED AWAY PEACEFLLY IN HER SLEEP AROUND 5:15 AM. HELEN RETIRED FROM NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN BLUEFILED, WVA. JANUARY 1986. SHE WAS A DEDICATED SECRETARY AND EMPLOYEE FOR MANY YEARS. RETIREMENT HOWEVER, WAS HER GREATEST JOY! ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL, GO SHOPPING AND TO SEE HER GRANDCHILDREN WAS HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR HER (ESPECIALLY SHOPPING). BORN TO LATE ISAAC JEFFERSON WEBB AND EDNA GARDNER WEBB, HELEN LOVED HER LIFE IN BLUEFILED, WV. UNTIL HER MOVE TO PLEASANT GARDEN IN THE FALL OF 1996 WHERE SHE COULD BE CLOSE TO FAMILY. HELEN LOVED HER MUSIC. SHE PLAYED THE ORGAN AND THE PIANO UNTIL TWO MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. HER MIND WAS FILLLED WITH CLASSICAL PIECES, HYMNS AND SONGS FOR FUN ALL OF WHICH SPRANG FORM HER FINGERTIPS WHEN SHE PLAYED. FOR 30+ YEARS SHE WAS THE ORGANIST AT CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN BLUEFIELD, WV. THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS SHE WAS AN ORGANIST AT CHRIST'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN PEARISBURG, V.A. HELEN WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND OF 36 YEARS, FRANK JACKSON ALLEN SR, AND HER FIRST GRANDCHILD, JONATHAN ISAAC SIZEMORE; TWO BROTHERS, VERNON WEBB, IJ. WEBB JR AND A SISTER MARY SPANGLER. HELEN IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, MELINDA SIZEMORE, AND HER HUSBAND, THOMAS; SON, FRANK JACKSON ALLEN JR, AND HIS WIFE, CARROLLYN; AND SON WILLIAM BRADLY ALLEN AND WIFE TONI. HELEN ALSO LEAVES BEHIND 6 GRANDCHILDREN, JOSHUA SIZEMORE AND WIFE KARA, JOSEPH SIZEMORE AND WIFE BRITTANY, CARRIE SOTELO AND HUSBAND SEBASTIAN, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN AND WIFE SARAH, JACKSON ALLEN AND HIS WIFE SARA, AND MELISA ALLEN AND HER FIANCE' JESSE SISSON AND NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; NATALIA, CAROLINA, MARCOS, KARLEE, JONATHAN, JAMES, KEITH, JAEL, AND JACKSON. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH AT MONTE VISTA PARK CEMETERY, BLUEFIELD, WV. ROSELAWN FUNERAL HOME, PRINCETON, WV. IS ASSISTING THE ALLEN FAMILY.