PALLBEARERS 
MR. ARTHUR  BACON MR. JESSIE JOHNSON MR. VICTOR JOHNSON MR. JAMES .MILLER  MR. FRANKLIN SIMMONS 
FLOWER LADIES  
MS. MIRIAM ARRINGTON MS. LINDA  BARR  MS~ MARY HUNT MS. DOROTHY MACK 
MS. MARY SNOW MS. VICKIE srOVALL MS. ELO~SE WELLS MS. ELIZABETH WILSON 
Interment: Lincoln Cemetery Ivey Brothers in Charge 
 
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE 
MARY CATHERINE ALLEN 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1973 THREE 0 1CLOCK P. M. 
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 
 503 MITCHELL STREET, S. W. ATlANTA, GEORGIA 30314 
J. E. LOWERY, MINISTER 
 
 OBITUARY 
MARY CATHERiNE ALLEN was born on January 24, 1934 to Mr. Jo~eph H. Allen, Sr. and the late Mr~. Lurlene C. Allen. 
She graduated from Washington High School in 1952 and attended Clark_College for one year. 
Mary became a member of the Central United Methodist Church at a very early age. 
a She has had wealth of work experiences and at the 
time of her passing she was affiliated with Cpntinental -Insurance- Company.  She was the first Black wom.an to . hold- the position of assistant underwriter with the Atlanta Branch of the Continental Insurance Company. 
Mary was a very dutiful person and was admired by her many friends and associates. 
Mary departed this life March 24, 1973 and leaves to mourn her passing a devoted son, Gerald; her father, joseph Allen, Sr.; two brothers joseph Jr. and Lytle and a host of relatives and friends. 
 
THE RITUAL 
 
. . . . THE PROCESSIONAL 11Abide With Me" 
 
Organi~t 
 
THE SCRIPTURAL SENTENCES 
 
THE PRAYER  
 
    Rev. Walter R. McCall 
 
HYMN NO~ 261    "What A Friend We Have In jesu~n 
 
THE LESSONS FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 
 
THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Book of Hymns}  NO. 741 
THE SOLO. . . . . . .   . .  Mr~. Cassie Releford 11 Peace in the Valley" 
THE EULOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lowery 
HYMN NO. 120 . . . . . . . . . . . "Rock Of Ages" 
THE BENEDICTION 
 
THE RECESSIONAL "0 Master Let Me Walk With Thee" 
 
The family of the late MARY CATHERINE ALLEN acknowledges with deep appreciation the many comforting . 
messages, floral tributes and other expressions of kindness evidenced at this time in thought and deed.