Mrs. Rosie B. Allen

January 23, 1931 - November 4, 2018

ROSIE BERNIECE ALLEN WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1931 TO THE LATE ANNIE MAE AND JAMES ROBERTSON. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER, HER AUNT AND UNCLE, NELLIE AND DAVE HENRY CLAYBROOKS HELPED RAISE HER ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN WOULD BECOME THE ONLY SIBLINGS SHE WOULD HAVE. MRS. BERNIECE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE UNITING WITH BUCK'S CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL DEATH. MRS. BERNIECE WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE BUCK CHAPEL ENSEMBLE. SHE RETIRED FROM THE USHER BOARD. ONE OF HER MANY LOVES WAS TO ATTEND GOSPEL SINGING PROGRAMS. MRS. BERNIECE ATTENDED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS UNTIL RETIRING AT THE AGE OF 72. ONE OF HER JOYS WAS HER EVERY WEDNESDAY PHONE CALLS FROM HER GRANDSON, BRANDON. EVERYONE KNEW NOT TO CALL HER DURING THIS TIME. SHE WAS MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT TRAVELING WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, WITH WHOM SHE HAD A SPECIAL BOND WITH INDIVIDUALLY. HER FIRST AIRPLANE RIDE WAS TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ALONE AT THE AGE OF 60. FROM THEN ON, SHE WAS HOOKED ON TRAVELING! ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 1958, SHE MARRIED THE LOVER OF HER LIFE M.C. ALLEN. WITH HER THREE CHILDREN (L.D., HELEN AND CHESTER) AND HIS THREE CHILDREN (MARY FRANCIS, ARMA AND THOMAS) THEY BECAME A BLENDED FAMILY. LATER THEY WOULD WELCOME THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER (SALLY, MOLLY AND NINA). ALSO, THEY RAISED A NEPHEW AS THEIR SON, ROGER CLARK. THEY SHARED THIS LIFE TOGETHER UNTIL DEATH PARTED THEM. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH, HUSBAND M.C. ALLEN, AND THREE CHILDREN, L.D. CLAYBROOKS, HELEN PIRTLE AND THOMAS SINCLAIR. COUSINS THAT WERE REARED AS SIBLINGS; HOMER CLAYBROOKS, EMMA JOHNSON AND DAVE HENRY CLAYBROOKS JR. ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH. SHE LEAVES TO TREASURE HER MEMORY HER CHILDREN; MARY OVERTON, ARMA COHEN, BOTH OF DETROIT, Ml. CHESTER (MARILYN) ALLEN OF MAURY CITY, TN, SALLY (CHARLES) DICKERSON OF JACKSON, TN, MOLLY (MARC) WOODSON OF RADCLIFF, KY, NINA (TED) BARMORE OF ALAMO, TN. ROGER CLARK OF JACKSON, TN, 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 35 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SISTER-IN-LAW LOU ANNA ALLEN OF BELLS, TN, SON-IN-LAW RICHARD PIRTLE OF CORPUS COVE, TX, AND COUSINS REARED AS SIBLINGS THAT SHE REFERRED TO AS BROTHER AND SISTER ERNEST CLAYBROOKS JR. EARNESTINE NEELY AND SPECIAL COUSIN THAT WAS A LITTLE SISTER TO HER, BARBARA SWIFT AND A HOST OF OTHER NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.