{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"John Allen, former board member, dies","url":"\/news\/john-allen-former-board-member-dies","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p><img style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/John-Franklin-Allen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"445\" \/>North Carolina Community Foundation board and staff were saddened to learn of the death of John Franklin Allen. He was a former member of NCCF's statewide board of directors. An excerpt of&nbsp;his obituary is below:<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>John Franklin \"J.F.\" Allen, age 91, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, at Autumn Care of Biscoe.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mr. Allen was born in Montgomery County on March 12, 1927 to Barney and Mary Galloway Allen. In addition to being a life-long Presbyterian and a Democrat, he was a self-employed licensed general building contractor. He was a former administrator for Montgomery Nursing Home and Montgomery Memorial Hospital and founding president of Uwharrie Lumber Company.<\/p>\r\n<p>His community involvement included being a former board member of the North Carolina Community Foundation, former Montgomery County Commissioner, North Carolina State Senator, District 8 Highway Commissioner, member of the NC Ports Authority, and former Chairman of the Board of Montgomery Community College.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phillipsfh.com\/tribute\/details\/12419\/John-Allen\/obituary.html\">Read Allen's full obituary and leave condolences at www.phillipsfh.com.<\/a><\/p>","excerpt":"<p>North Carolina Community Foundation board and staff were saddened to learn of the death of John Franklin Allen. He was a former member of NCCF's statewide board of directors.<\/p>","media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/John-Franklin-Allen.jpg","title":"John Franklin Allen","caption":"","size":"33056"}],"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/John-Franklin-Allen.jpg"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1539703653,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"50ee4221406a421daf34500c384851ab","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":55667,"created":1539703654,"modified":1539703945,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"NCCF News","url":"\/categories\/nccf-news","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1536248733,"source":null,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"1b78a2294942490a941757f68891b9dd","parent":"9fd09d3a1e4f4302a38c86e00a22828b","node":20907,"created":1536248733,"modified":1536248733,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}},{"title":"Montgomery County Fund","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/sandhills\/montgomery-county-fund","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247932,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"076b415c280c4d63b281827f0099b807","parent":"021b1dea68044a019fb4397afd32c23c","node":20883,"created":1533158982,"modified":1536247932,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]}}