Judith Carroll Allgood

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Judith Carroll Allgood passed away on December 24th at the age of 83 after a 3-month long battle in the hospital.

Judith was born in San Angelo Texas on February 8,1942 to Sturgis Andrew Jackson and Martha Jean Rogers Jackson.

Judith is survived by her Sister Nancy J. Turner, her husband of 55 years, Marvin Dee Allgood, her children Rebecca June Freidel, Deborah Jeanette (Samuel) Kreiter, Kim DeeAnn Allgood-Puckett (David Puckett), Timothy Louis Allgood and Christopher John Allgood. Her Grandchildren Rachael DeeAnn (Marshall) Trigg, Benjamin Andrew Friedel, Joseph Nathan Kreiter, Michaela Shea Krieter, Christopher Jackson Allgood, Isaac Hilario Allgood, Ava Katerina Allgood. And her great grandchildren Mackinlee Reagan Trigg and Marshall Levi Trigg. Also included in Judith’s surviving family is Elaine Jones Anderson to whom Judith opened her home when she was in need. Judith also opened her home to Mark A. Arcusa after his father passed away suddenly in 1990. Both Mark and Elaine call Judith Mom.

Judith lived in SanAngelo, Texas for most of the first 27 years of her life. However, after being baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on September 14, 1968, she moved to Utah with her son Timothy, from a previous marriage. In 1969 Judith moved from Murray Utah to Bountiful Utah. During that same year her husband, to be, M Dee Allgood moved to Bountiful from Mesa Arizona with his daughter Kim from a previous marriage.

Judith and Dee were introduced to each other at church by a mutual friend. That very Sunday evening Dee called Judith, and they agreed to a date that evening. They have been together ever since. They were married in Dee’s Bountiful home on March 20, 1970, by their Bishop, John Paul Barlow.

The marriage was attended by Judith’s two daughters Rebecca and Deborah (9 and 8 years old) from a previous marriage. All have been a family ever since then.

Six months after their marriage Judith was ordered to stay in bed to prevent a miscarriage. After a difficult pregnancy Judith and Dee were very grateful when their son Christopher John Allgood was born healthy, 6 weeks premature in the Bountiful Utah hospital, on December 16, 1970.

Dee, Judith and their five children moved to Arizona in 1971. Pennsylvania in 1972 and Fort Washington Maryland in1974.

In 1974 Judith legally adopted Kim and Dee adopted Rebecca, Deborah and Timothy.

Judith and Dee were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Washington DC temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kensington, Maryland on March 20, 1975.

Most of Judith’s life from 1974 to 2000 was spent managing her home and family while her husband was working as a design and field engineer for International Products. Although Judith was busy managing her home, she was able to find time to work as an office manager for a doctor and later a dentist. She also found time to volunteer for the Gerald Ford presidential campaign and was proud of the fact she was invited to have dinner at the White House. Judith also found time to serve in her church as a Primary Teacher (1.5- to 11-year-old children). She also served as a counselor in the Primary Presidency

In 1990 Judith slipped and fell on some ice in a grocery store and severely injured her back.

Her first surgery kept her in the hospital for 69 days but did little to help reduce her pain. The second operation provided marginal improvement. Her back pain made the last 35 years of Judith’s difficult.

In 2001 the Allgood’s sold their home in Fort Washington Maryland and moved to Gambrills and became members of the Bowie Ward where Judith and her husband have lived until her passing.

Despite her back pain Judith was able to continue her duties as wife and home maker. Over the years Judith opened her home to the missionaries from her church and from time to time provided a home to others who needed a place to hang their hat.

Judith loved dogs. When her five children were living at home there were five dogs.

Judith loved plants, had a green thumb and was excellent at growing plants in her home.

Judith and was very skilled decorator.

Judith was a very good speller. She was the go-to person if you wanted to know how to spell a word.

She was very good at playing scrabble.

Her daughter Deborah wrote the following:

One of my earliest and most cherished memories is of my mother’s encouragement as I struggled to keep up with my older sister's reading. Sensing both my eagerness and frustration, she found a creative way to nurture my love for learning—teaching me to spell “Czechoslovakia” through a cheerful little jingle she sang. I would repeat that melody, practicing until it rolled off my tongue, often singing it to a black and white newspaper photograph of her; in those moments, I thought she was the most beautiful person in the world.

I was only four, yet the pride I felt in mastering such a daunting word made me feel ten feet tall. That song became a small family tradition, a testament to her inventive spirit.

Even in her final days, when she was confined to bed and words were hard to find, the melody of “Czechoslovakia” would still rise, clear and sweet, from her lips. Though she might miss a letter or two, her eyes sparkled with joy despite her physical pain. It was a poignant reminder not only of her formidable memory but of the happiness she found in celebrating the simple triumphs of childhood and the enduring bonds of love.

Her inventive spirit didn’t end with words and melodies; it blossomed in other unexpected ways throughout our lives. Czechoslovakia was not Mother's sole undisclosed talent. She excelled in dry floral arrangement, skillfully combining individual stems into sophisticated compositions. Entering a room she decorated, you were greeted by the subtle fragrance of dried lavender mingling with hints of eucalyptus, and the gentle rustle of petals as you passed by. This practice offered her tranquility, and for many, the resulting arrangements became enduring decorative pieces that continue to enrich our homes.

Judith spent the last 3 months in her life in pain, first fighting a kidney infection which she overcame, then a near death congestive heart failure attack, follow by bed sores and finally a sepsis blood infection. She was fighting until the end.

Her family is grateful that Judith is no longer in pain and that Judith has been received into state of happiness, into a state of peace, where she can rest from all her troubles and from all care and sorrow. Her work here on this earth is complete.

Judith’s door to this life has been closed. The door to her eternal life has been opened. We will miss her. Here we are shedding tears of sadness, at the same time her family and friends, that have gone before her, are shedding tears of joy as they welcome Judith to the beginning of her eternal life.

We thank our Father in Heaven for his plan of happiness and for his Son Jesus Christ who died to atone for our sins.

We are grateful for all of God’s creations.

Visitation: Friday January 9, 2026, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Beal Funeral home, 6512 NW Crain Highway, Bowie, MD 20715

Family and friend viewing and casket closing prayer: January 10, 2026, at 10:00am at the LDS Chapel, 16621 Sylvan Drive, Bowie, Maryland.

Funeral: January 10, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (EST), at the LDS Chapel, 16621 Sylvan Drive, Bowie, Maryland.

Burial: Judith will be laid to rest next to her sister-in-law Barbara Snow and her father and mother-in-law, Marvin and Hollis Allgood, in the Grand County Cemetery , 800 Sand Flats Road, Moab Utah on January 17, 2026, at 11:00am.