Meredith Allen

Obituary: Meredith Margaret Allen, 60, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at home, surrounded by her family. Daughter of Blake Houston Allen and Jeanne Harris Allen, Meredith was born on September 13, 1957 in the Odell community. The fourth of five children, Meredith's childhood in the countryside fostered a life-long kinship with animals, particularly horses. Meredith enjoyed entertaining, often planning dinner parties to shower love upon her friends and family. Treating her nieces and nephews as her own children, she doted on each, participating in meaningful and memory-building events. Her active lifestyle was marked by a variety of sports including tennis, sailing, paddle boarding, and biking. Living life to its fullest, Meredith was almost childlike in her pursuit of joy. She was most content when on the water. A mechanical engineer who was passionate about education, Meredith shared her enthusiasm for engineering at the national, state, and local level. She often volunteered to bring hands-on engineering activities to children to promote sciences in the next generation. Meredith was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Philip Blake Allen and David Thomas Allen. Survivors include her husband Paul Settlemyer, sister Jeanne Allen Ezzell and brother-in-law Larry Stephen Ezzell, brother Mark Houston Allen and sister-in-law Sandy Falkner Allen, and sister-in-law Mari Ann Christy Allen. In addition, she leaves behind a large, loving community of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be held at Davidson College Presbyterian Church on Monday, August 27th at 3:00 p.m. The family will receive friends at the Congregation House at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to www.dcpc.org 100 North Main St. P.O. Box 337 Davidson, NC 28036. Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com
Visitation: 2:00 to 3:00 PM Monday August 27, 2018 Davidson College Presbyterian Church Congregation House

Service: Memorial Service 3:00 PM Monday August 27, 2018 Davidson College Presbyterian Church

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