Born in Coaldale, he was a son of the late U. S. Grant and Rhoda Reed Allen. He was a former coal miner, having retired in 1962. He was a member of UMWA Local Union 6193 and had been a lifelong resident of Bramwell.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ethel Byrd Allen; one daughter, Mrs. Buddy (Linda) Pennington of Bramwell; four sisters, Mrs. Lillian Owens and Mrs. Beatrice Dunn of Waynesboro, Va., Mrs. Pearl Goins of Bramwell and Mrs. Jane Hatter of Duhring; three brothers, Frank, Don and Forrest Allen of Bramwell and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Rev. Tony Spinella officiating.
Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell.
Pallbearers: Robert Cook, Eugene Lawrence, Garnet Riddle, Ray Cook, Ray Hill, Howard Goins.
Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m.
Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Born in Coaldale, he was a son of the late U. S. Grant and Rhoda Reed Allen. He was a former coal miner, having retired in 1962. He was a member of UMWA Local Union 6193 and had been a lifelong resident of Bramwell.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ethel Byrd Allen; one daughter, Mrs. Buddy (Linda) Pennington of Bramwell; four sisters, Mrs. Lillian Owens and Mrs. Beatrice Dunn of Waynesboro, Va., Mrs. Pearl Goins of Bramwell and Mrs. Jane Hatter of Duhring; three brothers, Frank, Don and Forrest Allen of Bramwell and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Rev. Tony Spinella officiating.
Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell.
Pallbearers: Robert Cook, Eugene Lawrence, Garnet Riddle, Ray Cook, Ray Hill, Howard Goins.
Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m.
Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Family Members
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Lillian Dae Allen Owens
1894–1983
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Vivian Ray Allen
1895–1961
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Maggie Mae Allen Bennett
1897–1970
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George Leonard Allen Sr
1899–1970
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Samuel Clarence Allen
1901–1959
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Pearl Gay Allen Goins
1903–1985
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Ethel Jane Allen Hatter
1905–1987
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Arthur Simpson Allen
1907–1936
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Beatrice "Bea" Allen Dunn
1911–1996
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William Frank Allen
1913–1976
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Forest Elsworth Allen
1915–1977
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Charles Edwin Allen
1918–1918
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Donald Emmerson Allen
1920–1997
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