George S Allen | Mr. George S. Allen died at his home in South Covington Saturday evening at 7 o’clock, of grippe, after an illness of five weeks. His remains were shipped to his former home at Bemis, Tenn. for a Monday morning for burial. The deceased, a native of Bibb county, Ala., was a little more than 56 years old, and moved, with his family, to South Covington about four months ago. He was an employee of the Tipton Cotton Mills. His wife, two sons and six daughters survive him.
[The Covington Leader, Thursday, February 21, 1918]
Death Certificate for George S Allen
Date of Birth: November 31, 1862
Age: 56 years 3 months 16 days
Occupation: Cotton Mill
Birthplace: Bibb County, Alabama
Name of Father: Iren Allen/Allin
Birthplace of Father: Alabama
Maiden Name of Mother: Adline Mockroy
Birthplace of Mother: Bibb County, Alabama
Informant: Ellin Allen Address: South Covington
Date of Death: February 16, 1918
Cause of Death: Grippe and heart complication
Place of Burial: Bemis, Madison County, Tennessee
Date of Burial: February 18, 1918
Undertaker: J T Eckford
Bemis, Tennessee
Bemis is a former company town in Madison County, Tennessee, United States, now part of the city of Jackson. The Bemis Brothers Bag Company established the town in 1900 to be the site of a cotton mill and housing for the mill workers. A 450-acre (180 ha) area of Bemis was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Bemis Historic District.
