About Peggy

Peggy Pinkston Allen was born on January 8, 1938, to Durward D. and Lillian Morgan Pinkston, of Columbus, Georgia. Peggy grew up in Waycross, Georgia, graduating from Waycross High School in 1956.

She was an avid genealogist and foodie, and was the author of several books, including A History of John T. Snipes, Chesley B. Snipes and Their Descendants, and Generations' Creations: Treasured Recipes of the Morgan-White Families. She developed her love of writing, editing, and research when she served as a secretary in the Russell County Circuit Court and spent many long hours supporting her family by typing court depositions in the evenings at home. Her children often drifted off to sleep to the mechanical clicking of an IBM Selectric typewriter.

Peggy died in Columbus, GA, on June 12, 2013, at age 75, after a long battle with lung cancer. She will be remembered mostly as the faithful wife of F. Wayne Allen, to whom she was married for 53 years, and as someone who cherished truth, seeking it out and sharing it vehemently as only she could.

Peggy is survived by a son, Mitchell K. Allen, of Fairlawn, OH, and his wife Suzanne Tucker Allen; a daughter, Amy Allen Zabel, of Traverse City, MI, and her husband Timothy A. Zabel; a grandson, Daniel J. Allen, of Powder Springs, GA, and his wife Kristin Doud Allen; a granddaughter, Morgan Allen Lasher of Akron, OH, and her husband Matthew C. Lasher; a second granddaughter, Kathryn Allen Martucci, of Akron, OH, and her husband Anthony J. Martucci; a second grandson, Zachary Allen Zabel, of Traverse City, MI; five great-grandsons: Andrew Allen and Aiden Allen, of Columbus, GA; and Anderson Lasher, Becker Lasher and Tre Pestian, of Akron, OH.

She was preceded in death by her husband, F. Wayne Allen, of Columbus, GA; a son, Michael Wayne Allen, of Pasadena, CA, and Powder Springs, GA; and a brother, Don Pinkston, of Norcross, GA. After Peggy’s passing, we lost her sister, Patricia Pinkston Belew, of Dadeville, AL, and her husband, Don R. Belew.

At her request, there were no calling hours or memorial service. Rather, Peggy's ashes were returned to the earth at a private graveside service in the Carden Family Cemetery, Hatchechubbee, AL, and in the lake she built on her family's land in Troup County, GA. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may still be made to Columbus Hospice, Inc., 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus, GA 31909.