Linda Rachelle Anderson Allen

Services for Linda Rachelle Anderson Allen, 58, of Celina will be Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with Brother Mark Huffhines officiating. Burial will follow services at Hoover Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mrs. Allen passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 in McKinney surrounded by family.

Linda Rachelle Allen, Mother, Grandmother, and devoted wife. Known to many as Linda, some as Mommalinda. Was loved by all. This beautiful, vibrant women, left this world in search of eternal rest. Linda had such a beautiful heart, who loved to cook and make everyone smile. She loved so many people. But was also loved by so many that her heart was too full.

She is survived by her Mother, Barbara R. Anderson, Husband Marvin E. Allen (Skeet), her daughter Felicia A. Blackstone, her many "adopted" children, granddaughters Rachelle Allen, Destiny Blackstone and Jazmine S. Blackstone and her grandson Damian C. Blackstone. Also by her brothers Lonnie C. Anderson, Jr. and wife Teresa and James L. Anderson and wife Christy and her sister Debra Spencer Hill and husband Kelly. But as her soul is laid to rest, she will be received into the Gates of Heaven by, her father Lonnie C. Anderson, Sr. and son Douglas H. Blackstone.