Barbara A. File

October 11, 1943 - March 22, 2021

Barbara A. File, 77, of Anna, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021 at 7:29 p.m. at Union County Hospital. She was born October 11, 1943 in Jonesboro, Illinois, the daughter of Virgil and Genevieve (Dillow) Wiggs. She married John Paul Allen on June 1961. She married Gerald File in July 1970 and Gerald preceded her in death in September 1996. Barbara and her husband Gerald, owned and operated File Supply Company. Barbara retired as a public administrator for the Illinois Department of Corrections. She was an original board member of the Union County Women in Business and Southern Illinois Incorporated. She was affiliated with the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce Board, Illinois Job Training Partnership Commission, Illinois Governors Small Business Advisory Commission and the Illinois Correctional Association. She was a past worthy matron for the Order of Eastern Star in Jonesboro and Anna, Illinois. She was a member of Mt. Moriah and Salem Lutheran Church in Anna and Jonesboro and attended New Beginnings Community Church. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda Allen; son, David (Gina) Allen; grandchildren, Rachel and Rowan; sister, Sharon Toler; sister, Diana Craig; brother, Gary Wiggs; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents Virgil and Genevieve; and husband, Gerald File. Funeral services will be held at Crain Funeral Home-Anna on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 11:00am with Lonnie Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Anna City Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Crain Funeral Home-Anna on Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. An Eastern Star service will take place at 7:00pm. Memorials may be made to the Union County Animal Control. Envelopes will be provided at the funeral home or memorials can be sent to Crain Funeral Home, P.O. Box 257, Anna, IL 62906.