Mrs. Maudene Gilbert Allen

Mrs. Maudene Gilbert Allen, age 77, of Thomaston, died Sunday, December 10, 2017, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 13, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Overton will officiate, and interment will follow in the Molena City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, from 5:00 until 7:00 PM, at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mrs. Allen was born in Upson County on January 16, 1940, to the late Charlie Edward Gilbert and Annie Belle Ruffin Gilbert. Mrs. Allen, a graduate of R. E. Lee Institute, was a homemaker. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Duke Allen, Sr., and a son, Kenneth Duke Allen, Jr., a sister, Margie Gilbert Daniel, and two brothers, Alton Gilbert and Barney Gilbert. Survivors include three sons: Greg (Angela) Allen and Jeff Allen, both of Thomaston, GA, and Mike (Ronda) Allen of Columbus, GA; two daughters-in-law: Lyndel Allen and Dede Allen both of Thomaston; a sister: Mary Ann Smith of Hiram, GA; a sister-in-law: Phyllis Gilbert of Thomaston; two brothers: George (Bobbie) Gilbert, of San Marcos, TX, and Dan (Eunelle) Gilbert, of Nashville, TN.; eleven grandchildren: Autumn Kendel (Daniel) Purvis of Columbus, GA; Ashton Kathleen Allen (Paul David Little), of Dalton, GA; Nathaniel Cole Allen of Great Lakes, IL; Matthew Kaleb Allen of Thomaston, GA; Heather Allen (Tony) Greene of Anderson, SC; Mallory Allen (Josh) Bates and Lindsay Taylor Allen, both of Thomaston, GA; Malia Paige Allen of Tempe, AZ; Alyssa Victoria Allen of Columbus, GA; Lexington Bryant Allen (Danielle Marie Rondeau), of Savannah, GA; and Haley Allen (Will) Adams of Savannah, GA; three great grandchildren: Daniel Anthony Greene and Tyler Luke Greene both of Anderson, SC, and Emersyn Sage Adams of Savannah, GA. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Fletcher-Day Funeral Home of Thomaston is in charge of all arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com.