MARY ALLEN

CLARKSVILLE, Texas—Mary Aline Fodge Allen, 82, of Clarksville died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, in a Paris, Texas, hosptial. <br />Mrs. Allen was born Nov. 30, 1926, in Lamar County, Texas. She was a retired Home Demonstration Agent for Red River County and a member of First Baptist Church, Clarksville. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Dianne Allen. <br />Survivors include her husband, S.W. “Billy Sam” Allen of Clarksville; one son and daughter-in-law, Paul Fodge and Mickey Allen of Clarksville; one brother, Jimmy Fodge of Novice, Texas; one sister, Pauline Fodge of Novice; three grandchildren and one spouse, Lee Cross, Allen and Carol Cross and Abbi Allen; one great-grandchild, Samuel Cross; and a number of other relatives. <br />Services will be 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Gossett officiating. Burial will be in Madras Cemetery under direction of Clarksville Funeral Home. <br />Online registration is at www.clarksvillefuneralhome.com. <br /> <br />