Stem - Rachel Holsomback Allen, 36, flew on the wings of butterflies to live with God on Wednesday,
November 4, 2020. She lives in the hearts of her parents Kim and Jerry Holmes, brother Brian
Holsomback (Liz Wagener), husband Shane Allen, her three beautiful daughters, Abby and Ella
Holsomback, and Bree Allen, Grandmother Nancy Holsomback, and many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and
friends. Preparations were done by First Cremation Society of Louisburg, NC, and is now with her family.
Rachel gave passionately to others and loved fiercely with a strong wild heart. A loving thank you to the
many family and friends that have made this time easier to bear. A private celebration of Rachel will be
held on November 21, 2020. Memorials in her memory can be made to the local food box at Tally Ho
First Baptist Church in Stem, and sponsoring families during Thanksgiving and Christmas through the
Guidance Counselors at local schools.
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Rachel Allen
April 5, 1984 – November 6, 2020
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I've known Rachel since she was just a little thing, her and my daughter playing together in a play pen. Me babysitting her before she started kindergarten. After both of our families going in different directions we reconnected several years ago. Rachel had grown into a wonderful mother and wife and enjoyed talking to her on Facebook. Words cannot express my sadness for her daughters, husband, Brian and one my oldest friends her mother Kim and jerry. I pray you find peace with her passing. Linda Resh
Let me begin by saying It's hard to say the right things at the right times when all that you can say about what you are feeling is coming from what you saw while you were minding your own business and the results left you feeling speechless. I have known her husband Shane since we were in junior high and I cannot tell you all of the good things that he has become as a grown man and as a husband and father, mostly all of which were as a direct result of the love that she so freely gave to him. She was a truly remarkable woman and all of those who got the chance to be near the sunshine and warmth she provided to us - we will all be forever grateful that she cared so much about other people as to briefly smile their way, even if only to brighten up a moment in time that otherwise would someday surely have been forgotten. I won't ever forget how it came to be that we finally met because she and Shane were already married when we finally did meet that day. Shane had posted so many great pictures of his beautiful family by that time that you would often feel like you could name them all like old neighbors you had known for years. As I walked past the grocery cart - Bree looked up from the cart seat and smiled directly at me and I immediately knew from all of the photos I had seen from Shane a proud father and husband - who it was that was smiling that pretty little girl smile at me so I stopped them suddenly and said to Rachel I knew as we were passing each other that your little girl is Shane's little girl because she almost has her own photos page on the internet thanks to Shane. We laughed about it then as well as later on with her great sense of humor. I truly thank God for allowing me the opportunity to have known her. She truly will be missed. I'm still speechless. My sincerest condolences to all of the family, Michael Johnson
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