Cherokee - Lt. Col. Anthony Simon Allen, USMC (Ret.), 75, of Cherokee, died on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Swain County Hospital in Bryson City.
Born Wednesday, February 21, 1934 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Allen Sr., and husband of Rebecca Boyum Allen of Cherokee, and the late Elizabeth Ragan Allen of Massachusetts.
He was a veteran of Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force and the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of the American Legion, Steve Youngdeer Post in Cherokee.
Surviving are son, Anthony Simon Allen III of Michigan and two grandchildren, Brittany and Alexis and daughter, Theresa Dimmick of Forest City and Rebecca's children, Dr. Peter Boyum of Stillwater, Minn., Thann R. Boyum DVM of Columbus and Bill Boyum of Cherokee.
The service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, at the Macedonia Baptist Church on Soco Road in Cherokee, with visitation scheduled two hours before the funeral. Interment will be in Yellow Hill Veteran's Cemetery, Cherokee.
Arrangements are being handled by Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee.
Born Wednesday, February 21, 1934 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Allen Sr., and husband of Rebecca Boyum Allen of Cherokee, and the late Elizabeth Ragan Allen of Massachusetts.
He was a veteran of Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force and the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of the American Legion, Steve Youngdeer Post in Cherokee.
Surviving are son, Anthony Simon Allen III of Michigan and two grandchildren, Brittany and Alexis and daughter, Theresa Dimmick of Forest City and Rebecca's children, Dr. Peter Boyum of Stillwater, Minn., Thann R. Boyum DVM of Columbus and Bill Boyum of Cherokee.
The service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, at the Macedonia Baptist Church on Soco Road in Cherokee, with visitation scheduled two hours before the funeral. Interment will be in Yellow Hill Veteran's Cemetery, Cherokee.
Arrangements are being handled by Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee.
Cherokee - Lt. Col. Anthony Simon Allen, USMC (Ret.), 75, of Cherokee, died on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Swain County Hospital in Bryson City.
Born Wednesday, February 21, 1934 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Allen Sr., and husband of Rebecca Boyum Allen of Cherokee, and the late Elizabeth Ragan Allen of Massachusetts.
He was a veteran of Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force and the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of the American Legion, Steve Youngdeer Post in Cherokee.
Surviving are son, Anthony Simon Allen III of Michigan and two grandchildren, Brittany and Alexis and daughter, Theresa Dimmick of Forest City and Rebecca's children, Dr. Peter Boyum of Stillwater, Minn., Thann R. Boyum DVM of Columbus and Bill Boyum of Cherokee.
The service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, at the Macedonia Baptist Church on Soco Road in Cherokee, with visitation scheduled two hours before the funeral. Interment will be in Yellow Hill Veteran's Cemetery, Cherokee.
Arrangements are being handled by Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee.
Born Wednesday, February 21, 1934 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Allen Sr., and husband of Rebecca Boyum Allen of Cherokee, and the late Elizabeth Ragan Allen of Massachusetts.
He was a veteran of Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force and the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of the American Legion, Steve Youngdeer Post in Cherokee.
Surviving are son, Anthony Simon Allen III of Michigan and two grandchildren, Brittany and Alexis and daughter, Theresa Dimmick of Forest City and Rebecca's children, Dr. Peter Boyum of Stillwater, Minn., Thann R. Boyum DVM of Columbus and Bill Boyum of Cherokee.
The service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, at the Macedonia Baptist Church on Soco Road in Cherokee, with visitation scheduled two hours before the funeral. Interment will be in Yellow Hill Veteran's Cemetery, Cherokee.
Arrangements are being handled by Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee.
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