Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (03/10/2021)
THE PARIS NEWS, Sun., Feb. 15, 1976: “Mrs. Wilson Allen of 1347-19th NW died of a gunshot wound at her home Friday night. Justice of the Peace Chester Oakes said Saturday morning that she died of the gunshot wound. But he said he would withhold a ruling on whether the shooting was accidental until later. The body of the 58-year old woman was discovered by her husband, Wilson Allen, at 11:30 p.m. Friday. Oakes said his inquiries at the scene revealed that Mrs. Allen was shot about 7 p.m. Friday. Investigating policemen reported that the woman had sustained a gunshot wound above her left knee. A 357 single-shot action revolver was found in the bedroom. Police speculated, according to informal reports, that the woman was shot in the bedroom but managed to drag herself to the kitchen in an apparent effort to telephone for help. Allen told people he came home from work at approximately 11 p.m. and found his wife on the kitchen floor, lying in a pool of blood, according to reports. Officers at the scene reported a trail of blood from the bedroom to the kitchen. They also found the telephone off the hook in the kitchen. Allen told the police that he kept the gun loaded in it holster, on the floor of the bedroom. Five rounds of live ammunition were still in the revolver at police investigation. The man reported that both he and his wife worked the night shift at Campbell Soup Company, but that his wife did not go to work Friday. She was apparently alone in the house at the time of the incident. Upon returning home from work at approximately 11 p.m., Allen said, he found all the screen doors locked from the inside. After gaining entry into the house, he found his wife’s body. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Memorial Chapel of Leverett & Steele Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Allen, who moved to Paris from Fort Worth two years ago, was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Meigs, Ga., daughter of Ed Cooper and Abigail Burnett Cooper. She was married to Mr. Allen Dec. 24, 1941 in Albany, Ga. She was a member of the North Fort Worth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; two sons, William Edward Allen, Ft. Devens, Mass., and Jerry Allen, Shreveport, La.; a daughter, Mrs. Patrick (Beverly) Hicks, Texarkana; three brothers, Clifford Cooper, Clarence Cooper and Jim Bob Cooper, all of Meigs, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. A. D. Alligood and Mrs. Joe Presley, both of Meigs, Ga., and Mrs. Aubrey Key, Coolidge, Ga., and four grandchildren.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.
On the same stone with Wilson K. Allen
Contributor: Beverly Fortner (48079016) • [email protected]
THE PARIS NEWS, Sun., Feb. 15, 1976: “Mrs. Wilson Allen of 1347-19th NW died of a gunshot wound at her home Friday night. Justice of the Peace Chester Oakes said Saturday morning that she died of the gunshot wound. But he said he would withhold a ruling on whether the shooting was accidental until later. The body of the 58-year old woman was discovered by her husband, Wilson Allen, at 11:30 p.m. Friday. Oakes said his inquiries at the scene revealed that Mrs. Allen was shot about 7 p.m. Friday. Investigating policemen reported that the woman had sustained a gunshot wound above her left knee. A 357 single-shot action revolver was found in the bedroom. Police speculated, according to informal reports, that the woman was shot in the bedroom but managed to drag herself to the kitchen in an apparent effort to telephone for help. Allen told people he came home from work at approximately 11 p.m. and found his wife on the kitchen floor, lying in a pool of blood, according to reports. Officers at the scene reported a trail of blood from the bedroom to the kitchen. They also found the telephone off the hook in the kitchen. Allen told the police that he kept the gun loaded in it holster, on the floor of the bedroom. Five rounds of live ammunition were still in the revolver at police investigation. The man reported that both he and his wife worked the night shift at Campbell Soup Company, but that his wife did not go to work Friday. She was apparently alone in the house at the time of the incident. Upon returning home from work at approximately 11 p.m., Allen said, he found all the screen doors locked from the inside. After gaining entry into the house, he found his wife’s body. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Memorial Chapel of Leverett & Steele Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Allen, who moved to Paris from Fort Worth two years ago, was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Meigs, Ga., daughter of Ed Cooper and Abigail Burnett Cooper. She was married to Mr. Allen Dec. 24, 1941 in Albany, Ga. She was a member of the North Fort Worth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; two sons, William Edward Allen, Ft. Devens, Mass., and Jerry Allen, Shreveport, La.; a daughter, Mrs. Patrick (Beverly) Hicks, Texarkana; three brothers, Clifford Cooper, Clarence Cooper and Jim Bob Cooper, all of Meigs, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. A. D. Alligood and Mrs. Joe Presley, both of Meigs, Ga., and Mrs. Aubrey Key, Coolidge, Ga., and four grandchildren.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.
On the same stone with Wilson K. Allen
Contributor: Beverly Fortner (48079016) • [email protected]
Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (03/10/2021)
THE PARIS NEWS, Sun., Feb. 15, 1976: “Mrs. Wilson Allen of 1347-19th NW died of a gunshot wound at her home Friday night. Justice of the Peace Chester Oakes said Saturday morning that she died of the gunshot wound. But he said he would withhold a ruling on whether the shooting was accidental until later. The body of the 58-year old woman was discovered by her husband, Wilson Allen, at 11:30 p.m. Friday. Oakes said his inquiries at the scene revealed that Mrs. Allen was shot about 7 p.m. Friday. Investigating policemen reported that the woman had sustained a gunshot wound above her left knee. A 357 single-shot action revolver was found in the bedroom. Police speculated, according to informal reports, that the woman was shot in the bedroom but managed to drag herself to the kitchen in an apparent effort to telephone for help. Allen told people he came home from work at approximately 11 p.m. and found his wife on the kitchen floor, lying in a pool of blood, according to reports. Officers at the scene reported a trail of blood from the bedroom to the kitchen. They also found the telephone off the hook in the kitchen. Allen told the police that he kept the gun loaded in it holster, on the floor of the bedroom. Five rounds of live ammunition were still in the revolver at police investigation. The man reported that both he and his wife worked the night shift at Campbell Soup Company, but that his wife did not go to work Friday. She was apparently alone in the house at the time of the incident. Upon returning home from work at approximately 11 p.m., Allen said, he found all the screen doors locked from the inside. After gaining entry into the house, he found his wife’s body. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Memorial Chapel of Leverett & Steele Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Allen, who moved to Paris from Fort Worth two years ago, was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Meigs, Ga., daughter of Ed Cooper and Abigail Burnett Cooper. She was married to Mr. Allen Dec. 24, 1941 in Albany, Ga. She was a member of the North Fort Worth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; two sons, William Edward Allen, Ft. Devens, Mass., and Jerry Allen, Shreveport, La.; a daughter, Mrs. Patrick (Beverly) Hicks, Texarkana; three brothers, Clifford Cooper, Clarence Cooper and Jim Bob Cooper, all of Meigs, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. A. D. Alligood and Mrs. Joe Presley, both of Meigs, Ga., and Mrs. Aubrey Key, Coolidge, Ga., and four grandchildren.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.
On the same stone with Wilson K. Allen
Contributor: Beverly Fortner (48079016) • [email protected]
THE PARIS NEWS, Sun., Feb. 15, 1976: “Mrs. Wilson Allen of 1347-19th NW died of a gunshot wound at her home Friday night. Justice of the Peace Chester Oakes said Saturday morning that she died of the gunshot wound. But he said he would withhold a ruling on whether the shooting was accidental until later. The body of the 58-year old woman was discovered by her husband, Wilson Allen, at 11:30 p.m. Friday. Oakes said his inquiries at the scene revealed that Mrs. Allen was shot about 7 p.m. Friday. Investigating policemen reported that the woman had sustained a gunshot wound above her left knee. A 357 single-shot action revolver was found in the bedroom. Police speculated, according to informal reports, that the woman was shot in the bedroom but managed to drag herself to the kitchen in an apparent effort to telephone for help. Allen told people he came home from work at approximately 11 p.m. and found his wife on the kitchen floor, lying in a pool of blood, according to reports. Officers at the scene reported a trail of blood from the bedroom to the kitchen. They also found the telephone off the hook in the kitchen. Allen told the police that he kept the gun loaded in it holster, on the floor of the bedroom. Five rounds of live ammunition were still in the revolver at police investigation. The man reported that both he and his wife worked the night shift at Campbell Soup Company, but that his wife did not go to work Friday. She was apparently alone in the house at the time of the incident. Upon returning home from work at approximately 11 p.m., Allen said, he found all the screen doors locked from the inside. After gaining entry into the house, he found his wife’s body. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Memorial Chapel of Leverett & Steele Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Allen, who moved to Paris from Fort Worth two years ago, was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Meigs, Ga., daughter of Ed Cooper and Abigail Burnett Cooper. She was married to Mr. Allen Dec. 24, 1941 in Albany, Ga. She was a member of the North Fort Worth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband; two sons, William Edward Allen, Ft. Devens, Mass., and Jerry Allen, Shreveport, La.; a daughter, Mrs. Patrick (Beverly) Hicks, Texarkana; three brothers, Clifford Cooper, Clarence Cooper and Jim Bob Cooper, all of Meigs, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. A. D. Alligood and Mrs. Joe Presley, both of Meigs, Ga., and Mrs. Aubrey Key, Coolidge, Ga., and four grandchildren.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.
On the same stone with Wilson K. Allen
Contributor: Beverly Fortner (48079016) • [email protected]
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