Funeral services for Mary Ellen Allen, 102, of Algood, Tenn., will be held Sunday, April 8, 2018, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Presley Funeral Home with Pastor Dave Shelley officiating.

Interment will follow in Boiling Springs Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 7, 2018, 3 to 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 8, 2018, 1 to 2 p.m. at Presley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Allen passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018, at her home in Algood, Tenn.

She was born Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1915, in New Castle, Pa., to the late Lucian Shover and Mable Marie Kirker Shover.

Mrs. Allen retired as a LPN from Golden Hills Nursing Home, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

She served as a volunteer in Sparta, Tenn., for several years. She loved her Lord, family, and church family at Boiling Springs Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Wilson Kegarise; second husband, Paul Don Allen; and three sisters, Evelyn Grodicur, Annie McClaffery and Peggy Hilleshiem.

She is survived by her son, John Leroy Kegarise; grandchildren, Sue (Scott) Yielding, Brad (Jena) Kegarise and Jackie (Mike) Huber; and great-grandchildren, Nicholas Yielding, Patrick Yielding, Britta Kegarise, TJ Kegarise and Ava Huber.

Pallbearers will be Brad Kegarise, Mike Huber, Phil Smith, Tim Crabtree, Dale Sherrell and Harley Sherrell.

The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff at NHC Homecare.