Ms. Joe Ann Allen's Obituary
JOE ANN ALLEN, 83, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS SADLY LEFT US ON HER HEAVEN DAY APRIL 25, 2023.
SHE WAS THE FIFTH DAUGHTER OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO VELMA LUCIA AND ROBERT COBB ON MARCH 18, 1940 IN ATHENS, ALABAMA.
SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS BOB AND VELMA COBB, HER 5 OLDER BROTHERS LUTHER COBB, ROBERT COBB, CHUCK COBB AND JAMES COBB, SISTER IN-LAWS CHRISTINE COBB AND JUNE COBB AS WELL AS HER PRECIOUS NEICES MEGAN ELIZABETH, ASHLEY COBB AND NEPHEW TAD COBB.
JOE ANN WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HER MOST PRECIOUS AND LOVING DAUGHTER, MS. NICOLE ALLEN, HER THREE REMAINING SIBLINGS SUE REED OF HOUSTON, TX., LINDA MORRIS OF ATHENS, AL., AND JOHN COBB OF DECATUR, AL. THE HONORARY “AINTS” OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE IN-LAWS ARE LARRY REED, PAUL MORRIS, PEGGY COBB AND NECIA COBB. HER DEVOTED NEICES AND NEPHEWS INCLUDE SHANNON AND STEPHANIE (SUE REED), DONNY, STANLEY AND DAVID (LUTHER COBB), ROBIN AND RON (ROBERT COBB), CECELIA, CRAIG AND LANE (CHUCK COBB), LANCE AND BRAD (LINDA MORRIS) AND CATHY AND CINDY (JAMES COBB), KIRSTEN AND GRAND DAUGHTER HEIDI BLANKENBURG.
A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING “FRAMILY” MEMBERS: THE CRUZ FAMILY: RAUL, CLAUDIA, HONORARY GRANDCHILDREN ETHAN AND HALEY, ABBIE AND CYNTHIA ZEIGLER, DANNA HINKLE, AND LUCY THOMPSON.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HONOR JOE ANN’S MEMORY, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A MONETARY DONATION OR AN EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE, A DONATION OF YOUR TIME, TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, AN ORGANIZATION VERY DEAR AND SIGNIFIGANT TO BOTH JOE ANN AND NICOLE.
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