Sylvia A. Allen

On June 7, 2020, Sylvia Alexandrina Allen, a devoted mother, wife, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend transitioned as an angel, earning her wings in heaven. Sylvia Alexandrina Peters was born on December 20, 1937, in Villa Flats Saint Vincent to the late Frederick and Olive Morgan Peters. Sylvia was one of nine (9) children, who later matriculated to the United States to live the American dream. On February 1, 1957, she gave birth to her only child, Unray Peters, in St. Vincent. Sylvia was an extremely beautiful person inside and out. She always believed that “prayer and positive thinking” were constant staples in achieving and living a happy life. Sylvia’s spirit was only surpassed by her voice. She loved to sing, and in earlier teen/adult years she performed on local radio stations singing while playing the guitar live. She is fondly remembered for harmonizing a melody during phone conversations and/or sharing personal poems at family functions. Sylvia was a natural and true talent. Sylvia fulfilled her desire to live the American dream and secured a coveted position at Procter and Gamble manufacturing plant in Hunt Valley, MD for twenty-five (25) years, before her retirement. In or around 1968, she was reunited with her son, when she was able to have him join her in the United States. Sylvia was loved by all her co-workers and managers. In around 1970, Sylvia married the love of her life, Matthew Allen, during which they shared thirty-three (33) years of bliss before his transition to heaven on January 20, 2003. Sylvia had a sweet relaxing West Indian spirit, which was evident in her personal style from wearing her signature Tams, coat pins, stylish glasses, and profiling her long lovely real fingernails. She would always make the color Red better looking. Sylvia also enjoyed sports and would watch boxing and football on a regular basis. She especially enjoyed and was a fan of the Baltimore Ravens and Randall Cunningham of the Philadelphia Eagles when they came to town. Sylvia was a God-fearing woman who loved the Lord, as she would always quote her favorite bible verse, Psalm 121, which states: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Sylvia had a very expansive collection of angels at her home. She would always give God his praise even when she felt the world was “standing on their heads.” Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and sisters Eileen Peters Watts, Barbara Estella, and Christine Peters. She is survived by her siblings: Pearl Woods, Selma Fraser, Leon Alvin Peters, Michael Selwyn Peters, and Veronica Peters. Sylvia Allen was blessed and is survived by one (1) child: Unray Peters Sr. (wife: Vernita Peters); four (4) grandchildren: Vernee Peters, Andrea Peters, Unray Peters Jr. (wife: Brandi Peters), Monique Peters: and seven (7) great-grandchildren: Vernetta Peters-Johnson, Vernessa Peters-Johnson, Noah Dorsey, Zion Dorsey, Kai Peters, Unray Peters III, and Azra Peters as well as a host of family members and relatives.

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Sylvia A. Allen

December 20, 1937 - June 7, 2020