Joann Allen December 14, 1948 – August 24, 2014 Joann Allen, of Muscle Shoals, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield. Public viewing will be 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Saints Funeral Home, Sheffield. Family hour will be 6-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at First Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, with Pastor Otis B. Scott officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 9 a.m. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Shoals Memorial Gardens, Tuscumbia.
She leaves to cherish her husband of 33 years, Herchial Allen; one son, Cedric Brewer, one daughter; Tisha Meredith; two grandsons, Cedric J. Allen and Alexander Meredith; One sister; Marilyn Foster (James) Tuscumbia, AL; A God sister; Annie Averhart; Four brothers; Lester Hubbard, Tuscumbia, AL; Larry Hubbard (Ada) Smyrna, GA; Ray Hubbard (Bridgett) Enterprise, AL; Frank Hubbard (Joyce) Tuscumbia, AL; Three aunts; Minnie Barnett, Tuscumbia, AL; Molly Barnett; Tuscumbia, AL; Mae Pearl Jackson (Clint) Tuskegee, AL; One uncle; Pastor Edgar Shaw (Alvie Lee); Two brothers-in-law; Willie B. Allen (Geneva) Florence, AL; Joe L Allen (Vera) Florence, AL; four sisters-in-law; Phyllis Allen, Florence, AL; Annie L King, Madison, AL; Mary Jean Cole (Calvin), Sheffield, AL; Barbara McDaniel (Harold), Florence, AL; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives. Special God children: Kelvin, Rebecca Barnett, Tyler Mann, and Tiffany Fraderick.