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Allene Clair Sides Self - Southport

A native of Winston-Salem, NC, Allene was the daughter of the late Russell Harrison Sides ,the late Flaville Agnes Sink Sides and the wife of the late Heindle Brandt ( H.B.) Self. She was a 1932 Reynolds High School graduate where she played the violin in the orchestra. She was one of the oldest active members of the First United Church of Christ where she was past leader of the Girl Scout Troop. Allene was one of the original campers at the then newly founded Roaring Gap Girl Scout Camp.

Allene and her family were a host family for an exchange student from Bucaramanga, Colombia, South America, which was Winston-Salem’s first sister city. For many years Allene was a member of the Triangle Volunteer Fire Departments’ Ladies Auxilary. This was the first volunteer fire department in Forsyth County which her husband, H.B. Self, helped organize. For eighteen years, she was a tour guide at Old Salem. She was also a former member of the D.A.R. and the Forsyth County Homemakers

Her interests included playing bridge,reading and traveling. She toured Cuba with her family when Batista was still in power and travelled to a multitude of European countries. When Allene visited the Holy Land, she stood on the banks of the Jordan and joined in singing “Blessed Assurance”.

Allene is preceeded in death by her husband, Heindle Brandt Self; her sisters, Pocahontas Sides Heckard and Foryst Sides Wright, her brother Richard Holmes Sides and son-in-law Dr. William Grady Sugg. She is survived by two daughters: Ann Self Haring Killeen and husband Patrick of Southport, NC: Judy Self Sugg of Marion, NC; three grandchildren David Brandt Haring and wife Barbara of Arlington, VA; Heather Ann Sugg of Dawsonville, GA, and William Jason Sugg, wife Amber and two great granddaughters Micha Akiko and Skylar Jaylynn of Myrtle Beach, SC. Also surviving are two sisters; Nancy Sides Garrett of Walkertown, NC., Bettie Sides Dorton and husband Dr. Lamar Dorton of Statesville, NC; and brother Alfred Daniel Sides of Winston-Salem, NC.

A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life Service will be held on Sunday, July 29 at 11:30 at the First United Church of Christ, 1912 Waughtown Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27107. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Church of Christ, 1912 Waughtown Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 or the Waughtown Cemetery ,2833 Birchwood Drive, Winston-Salem, 27103.

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