Obituary of Margaret Hardin Allen

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The New and Reporter, May 17, 2001
Reprinted with permission.
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Mrs. Margaret Hardin Allen, 89 WADESBORO, N.C. The funeral for Mrs. Margaret Hardin Allen was 
conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Wadesboro. Burial followed in Eastview 
Cemetery. Mrs. Allen, 89, died Thursday, May 10, 2001, in Matthews, N.C. Born in Chester on Feb. 
21, 1912, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of the late James I. and Daisy B. Hardin. She graduated from 
Winthrop University in 1933 with a degree in business law and was a leader of the Baptist 
Training Union at First Baptist Church, as well as GAs, RAs, Sunbeams Vacation Bible School and 
Boy Scouts. She taught a womens Bible class for 34 years, served on the Board of Deacons at 
First Baptist Church and served on the General Board of the North Carolina State Baptist 
Convention. She prepared and delivered Christmas dinners to shut-ins, was a Meals-On-Wheels 
volunteer and was president of her churchs Missionary Union as well as being organizer of the 
Womens Auxiliary of Anson County Hospital. She was awarded the Woman of the Year Award by the 
Anson County Chamber of Commerce and the Woodman of the World Honor Plaque for Outstanding 
Community Service. She also earned the State Hospital Auxiliary Super Volunteer Award and was a 
Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International. Survivors include two sons, Dr. Fred H. Allen of 
Charlotte and Jim H. Allen of Asheboro; a daughter, Missy Allen Brown of Southern Pines; two 
sisters, Mrs. Jane H. Hankinson of Spartanburg and Mrs. Judy H. Lathram of Monroeville, Ala.; 
eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Mr. Fred 
Huntley Allen.Memorials may be made to the Fred H. Allen Scholarship at Wingate University, 
Wingate, NC 28174, or to First Baptist Church, 309 Lee Avenue, Wadesboro, NC 28170. Leavitt 
Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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