Allison Calhoun Dennis, 59, of Moncks Corner, SC, retired Administrator, Diversity at Santee Cooper, died Wednesday evening at her residence.

All services will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, St. Jude Tribute Program, PO Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.

Mrs. Dennis was born February 15, 1960, in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of Thurmond Sessions "T.S." Calhoun and Judith Weathers Calhoun. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Moncks Corner, and she was a graduate of Berkeley High School and received her Bachelors Degree from the University of SC. Mrs. Dennis was a former member of the Moncks Corner Rotary Club, and she enjoyed cooking and studying genealogy and history. However, she especially loved family vacations to the mountains, Disney World, and to Atlanta to see the Braves play. Mrs. Dennis was preceded in death by two sisters, Tammy Calhoun and Rhonda Calhoun.

Surviving are, her husband, Luke T. Dennis; her daughter, Kathryn Calhoun Dennis of Moncks Corner; her son, Luke T. Dennis, Jr., and his wife, Natalie, of Columbia; a brother, T.S. "Buddy" Calhoun, III, of Moncks Corner; and her grandchildren, Kensington Calhoun Ravenel and St. Julien Rembert Ravenel.