Obituary of Grace Snell Allen

Mrs. Lillian Grace Snell Allen, a resident of Ozark, died Friday, September 18, 2020, in Ozark Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 91 years old. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 25, 2020, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark with Reverend Jim Hill officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends Friday at the funeral home in Ozark from 10:00 A.M. until service time. Mrs. Allen was born November 22, 1928 in Skipperville, Alabama to the late Lelon Ellis Snell and Eller Barefield Snell. Mrs. Allen spent all of her life as a devoted housewife. Aside from a short time living in Washington D.C. and Florida, Mrs. Allen lived the majority of her life in Ozark. A member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Ozark, she enjoyed cooking and spending time with her friends and family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Earnest Earl Allen; one son, Marty Allen; three daughters, Allison Allen Stevenson, Karen Allen Jones and Patricia Allen Powell; and her beloved brothers, Willie Snell, Lynell Snell and Coy Snell. Survivors include one daughter, Cassie Spinella (Jim) of Norfolk Virginia; grandchildren, Ernie Spinella, Chris Spinella, Jonathan Spinella, Nathaniel Spinella, Benji Stevenson, Christina Jones and Richard Powell. Numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren also survive. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Teen Challenge Southeast Region, 15 West 10th Street, Columbus, Georgia 31901.