Maryon Allen

(Wife of James Browning Allen), a Senator from Alabama. Born Maryon Pittman in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss. , November 30, 1925. Moved to Birmingham, Ala. , 1926. Educated in the public schools of Birmingham. Attended the University of Alabama. Journalist, editor, writer, and lecturer. Appointed chairwoman of the Blair House Fine Arts Commission by President Gerald R. Ford 1974. Appointed on June 8, 1978, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, James B. Allen, and served from June 8, 1978, to November 7, 1978. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the unexpired term ending January 3, 1981. Columnist for The Washington Post 1978-1981. Public relations and advertising director for C. G. Sloan &. Co. , an antique and auction firm. Owner, Maryon Allen Company (restoration/design), Birmingham. Was a resident of Birmingham, Ala. , until her death on July 23, 2018.