With deep and profound sympathy we announce the transition of Dr. Rosie E. Allen-Noble who entered into rest September 17, 2024.

Dr. Rosie E. Allen was born on June 22, 1938 to the parents of Ulysses Grant Allen and Velma Douglas Allen. After graduating high school in Americus, Georgia, she applied and was accepted to Albany State College. She received her BS in Biology in 1960. She became a biology teacher at Vienna High and Industrial School in Vienna, Georgia. Her next teaching position was a West Point High School in West Point, Georgia.

In 1963 she married Daniel Bernard Noble in Columbus, Georgia. After marriage, she taught biology at Carver High School in Columbus, Georgia. In 1965 she became a Lab Instructor at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. On August 13, 1965 the couple welcomed their daughter Antoinette Celine Noble. Shortly after having her daughter in 1965, she became the Department Chair and biology teacher at Columbus High School in Decatur, GA. From 1965 – 1966, she was also the Laboratory Instructor and Assistant to the Chairperson of Biology Department at Spelman College.  While raising a family, she received her first master's degree in Zoology in 1967. Unfortunately, the marriage ended, and she was divorced in 1968.  Her love of science and teaching brought several opportunities to apply for teaching positions at the college level.

She accepted the position of Instructor at Rutger's University in Newark, New Jersey from 1971-1976. She packed up her small family of her grandmother, Mrs. Nettie A. Allen, her Stepsister Rebecca Ann Griffin and her daughter Antoinette and drove to New Jersey.

Opportunities to develop as a professor and leadership became abundant. From 1972-1975, she became a Resident Supervisor for students pursuing their medical careers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. While teaching at Rutger's, she pursued and received another master's degree in Physiology in 1974. From 1972 – 1975 she was the Laboratory Supervisor and lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology to the Nursing majors at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. In 1974 - 1980, she held the following positions at Fairleigh Dickerson University in Madison, NJ: Visiting Assistant Professor of Microbiology for Allied Health majors, Instructor and Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology and Health Sciences. From 1976 – 1993, she was the Director of the Science Enrichment Program at Upsala College working with teachers and guidance counselors and preparing middle and high school students for careers in medicine and the sciences. In the summers of 1983 – 1987 she was the Assistant Professor at Montclair State University and the Director of the Health Careers Program from 1979-1995.vFrom 1995 - 2006, she was the Associate Dean of Special Academy Programs and Associate Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy.

She belonged to several professional organizations, including the Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Aiken, SC. She wrote articles for several professional magazines and published papers for other organizations.

In her later years, she became a Lay Eucharistic Minister of the Church of the Holy Comforter.

She is survived by her daughter, Antoinette C. Noble-Webb; granddaughter, Jacquelyn Idressa Webb; a niece, Ashlyn Behl; and several loving family and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, September 27, 2024 at the Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. Glenn Palmer officiating. Viewing will be held from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home.

Professional Services are under the care of G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary-North Augusta.