Helen M. Allen, age, 79, of Dayton, Ohio, departed this life November 22, 2022. One of two children, Helen, was born to the late Ellis Herman Morris and Nellie Morris on February 9, 1943 in Jefferson City, Tennessee. She attended Roosevelt High School. She retired from Miami-Dade County Public Schools where she was employed as a bus aide.
Helen accepted Christ at an early age and served as a faithful Deaconess and Youth Ministry Advisor at New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, Florida. After relocating to Dayton, Ohio in 2012 she joined Mount Olive Baptist Church and volunteered as a classroom assistant for Vacation Bible School. She was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 3808 Ladies Auxiliary.
Her survivors include devoted children, Benita and Jerome (Sheree) Allen; granddaughter, Terrah (James III) Hunter; 3 great grandchildren, Carrington, James and Romeal; sister-in-law, Florence Allen of Macon, Georgia; brother-in-law, Terry Allen of Atlanta, Georgia; loving cousin Ann (Johnny) Bowen of Morristown, Tennessee; 2 godsons, Eduardo Santana of Miami Gardens, Florida and Craig Pittman of Middletown, Ohio; 3 cherished friends, Liz Nichols, Delores Fitten, and Claire Murray; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. A special thanks to the staff at Hospice of Dayton.
Visitation 9 am-11 am Saturday, December 3, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 502 Pontiac Avenue, Dayton OH. Family will receive friends 10 am-11am. Funeral service at 11am. Arrangements entrusted to House of Wheat Funeral Home, Inc.
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