Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in Bright-Holland Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Myre officiating. Burial will be in Rockford Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Allen was born Dec. 8, 1909, in Clay County, TX, a son of Bryan Festus and Della Mae Walker Allen. He married Clyo Kyle Sep. 2, 1928. He was a retired farmer, carpet layer and custodian for school in the Dallas area. He was a Baptist.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Weldon Allen of Paris; one daughter, Wanetta Newby of Dallas; six brothers, Raymond Allen of Powderly, Lloyd Allen of Grand Prairie, John Allen of Arlington, Arvill Allen of Blossom, Byron Allen of Kilgore and Mahlon Allen of Greenville; two sisters, Frances Spears of Avery and Laverne Coleman of Greenville; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Hugh Dewayne Allen. Pallbearers will be Harold Dean Allen, Ricky Allen, Billy Allen, Bill Barnes, Nathan Henderson and Tommy Allen.
THE PARIS NEWS, Tue., Apr. 12, 1994, p.10A.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in Bright-Holland Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Myre officiating. Burial will be in Rockford Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Allen was born Dec. 8, 1909, in Clay County, TX, a son of Bryan Festus and Della Mae Walker Allen. He married Clyo Kyle Sep. 2, 1928. He was a retired farmer, carpet layer and custodian for school in the Dallas area. He was a Baptist.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Weldon Allen of Paris; one daughter, Wanetta Newby of Dallas; six brothers, Raymond Allen of Powderly, Lloyd Allen of Grand Prairie, John Allen of Arlington, Arvill Allen of Blossom, Byron Allen of Kilgore and Mahlon Allen of Greenville; two sisters, Frances Spears of Avery and Laverne Coleman of Greenville; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Hugh Dewayne Allen. Pallbearers will be Harold Dean Allen, Ricky Allen, Billy Allen, Bill Barnes, Nathan Henderson and Tommy Allen.
THE PARIS NEWS, Tue., Apr. 12, 1994, p.10A.
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