Mary Nellie Allen

Mary Nellie Allen, 78, of Big Spring, died on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, in a local hospital. Memorial services will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, February 26, 2005, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Byron Brown, pastor of the Community of Hope Church of the Nazarene, officiating.She was born on April 14, 1926 in Russell County, Kentucky to Frank and Mary Hare. She married William Allen on February 23, 1957 in Tunica County, Mississippi and he preceded her in death on May 14, 1989.Nellie was a homemaker and had lived in Alamogordo, NM and Las Vegas, Nevada for a number of years. She had lived in Big Spring in the 1980's, returning in 1991. She was a christian.Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Rosie Stapp of Big Spring; a sister, Elizabeth Rooks of Columbia, Kentucky; a brother, Elva Hare of Rustle Springs, Kentucky; five grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, William Stapp; her parents; one sister, Adda Withers and one brother, Alva Hare. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,