Annie Louise (Lou) Rice Allen

Published 4:36 pm Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Annie Louise (Lou) Rice Allen, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Plantation Manor in Thomasville, GA.The memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Faceville Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Interment will be at Cool Springs Cemetery.  The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Faceville Baptist Church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com. Memorial donations may be made to Faceville Baptist Church, 2109 Faceville-Attapulgus Road, Bainbridge, GA 39819 or The Alzheimer’s Association, 225 North Michigan Avenue, Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.  Annie Louise (Lou) Rice Allen was born December 18, 1922 in Ashburn, GA, the daughter of Guy Luther and Bertha Wilson Rice. Mrs. Allen was a graduate of Valdosta High School and attended Auburn University. She was the co-owner and operator of Morris Allen Furniture with her husband, and she was a member of Faceville Baptist Church.  Survivors include her daughter, Lucy Bowen and her husband, Larry, of Thomasville, GA; her son, Bill Allen and his wife, Beverly, of Bainbridge, GA; her grandchildren, Neil Allen Bowen of Tacoma, WA, William Lawrence Allen of Tallahassee, FL, and Brandi Lyne Allen of Albany, GA; her great-grandchildren, Blaze Allen, Rose Bivins and Shelbe Bivins. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Allen. — Ivey Funeral Home