Obituaries from the Saturday, June 7, 2008 issue of the Roxboro-Courier Times

Dallas Allen

The funeral for Dallas Allen, 59, who died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Select Specialty Hospital in Durham following an extended illness, was conducted at 3 p.m. Monday, June 2, in Mt. Bethel Baptist Church by Minister Terry Hatchett, the Rev. Benjamin Green and The Rev. Wallace Allen.

Mr. Allen was the son of the late Horace and Mary C. Allen.

He was educated in Person County schools.

Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Barbara T. Allen; three daughters, Yevette A. Thomas and husband, Jeff, of Fuquay-Varina, Yvonne A. Brodie and husband, Sidney, of Durham and Tonia L. Allen of Roxboro; four sisters, Shirley A. Roberts, Mary A. Winstead and Evelyn A. Moore, all of Roxboro and Alice A. Toler of Oxford; four brothers, Morris Allen of Roxboro, Wallace Allen of Hurdle Mills, Jewell Allen of Greensboro and James Allen of South Carolina; and 11 grandchildren.

Ailene Kidd Bradsher

ELON — The funeral for Ailene Kidd Bradsher, 77, of 2573 Elon-Ossipee Road, Elon, who died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Moses Cone Hospital, was conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, June 6, in Wicker Street Baptist Church by the Rev. Tommy Love and the Rev. Garland Walker. Burial was in Alamance Memorial Park.

A native of Person County, Mrs. Bradsher was the daughter of the late Thomas Kidd and Sylvia Clayton Kidd and the wife of the late Willard B. Bradsher.

She was a retired textile employee.

She was a member of Wicker Street Baptist Church and the Golden Age Circle. She was an avid follower of the gospel group “Called Out” who brought her much joy.

Surviviving are three daughters, Norma B. Walker and husband, Garland, of Elon, Kathy B. Crawford of Haw River and Jaynell B. Jobe and husband, Brian, of Graham; a son, Colon Willard Bradsher of Burlington; two sisters, Joan Horton of Hurdle Mills and Vann Soloman of Roxboro; two brothers, Selby Kidd of Roxboro and Billie Kidd of Timberlake; five grandchildren, Sherri Welch, Kristi Gibson, Sandi Poe, Bethany Minor and Brittany Minor; five great-grandchildren, Jacob Gregory, Jenna Gregory, Kayla Gibson, Brianna Gibson and Chloe Poe; and two step-grandchildren, Brandon Jobe and Courtney Jobe.

Memorials may be made to Moses Cone Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, 1200 North Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.

Condolences may be sent to info@richandthompson.com.