Funeral services for Elsie Harris Allen, 88, of Butler, will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Butler Methodist Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Butler Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Allen passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2025. A longtime resident of Butler, she was a devoted member of Butler Methodist Church and a dedicated homemaker. She also worked for many years at Citizens State Bank, where she was known for her warmth and professionalism.

Elsie proudly supported her country as a Navy wife, accompanying her husband throughout his military service. She served as President and Treasurer of the Officers' Wives Club and as Treasurer for Bump School at Butler Methodist Church. Her life was marked by service, loyalty, a quiet strength and quick wit that touched everyone who knew her. Her quintessential role in life was as a devoted mother and adoring grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Lee Harris, Sr., and Mattie Kate Turpin Harris, and her brother, Claude Lee Harris, Jr.

She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Commander (US Navy, Ret.) Archie Eugene Allen, of Butler; two daughters, Melinda “Mindy” Allen Choppa (Robert, Colonel US Army, Ret.) of Columbus and Carol “Sissy” Allen Bulmer (William) of Decatur; two sisters, Elizabeth Jane Harris Summers of Fayetteville and Carol Sue Harris Clark of Hapeville; and four cherished grandchildren: Captain John Alexander Choppa, US Army and Captain Jacob Allen Choppa, US Army, both of Hawaii; William Scott Allen Bulmer of Decatur; and Samuel Allen Bulmer of Athens. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

You may sign the online guest register at www.mcleightonfuneralservice.com

McLeighton Funeral Service of Butler is in charge of arrangements.