Lawrence S. Allen: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - Sunday, January 9, 2005
Deceased Name: Lawrence S. Allen
Lawrence S. Allen, better known to most as "Coach" Allen, a resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, died Saturday, January 8, 2005.
Coach Allen was a native of McComb, Mississippi, and grew up in the Friendship Community. After graduating from high school, he attended Southwest Junior College, Summit, Mississippi. Lawrence interrupted his junior college career and enlisted in the National Guard. He was called to active duty during the Korean Conflict. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Lawrence resumed his education at William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from which he obtained a degree in Social Studies and Physical Education in 1953. That same year he married Doris Honea, a Registered Nurse from Liberty, Mississippi. He always said, "Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient."
In August, 1953, Lawrence became Assistant Football Coach and Girl's Basketball Coach at Meadville, Mississippi. In 1956, he took his first head coaching position as Head Football Coach at Centreville High School, Centerville, Mississippi. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball while at Centerville High School.
In 1960, Lawrence and Doris moved to Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he assumed the position of Head Coach at Pass Christian High School. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball. In 1961, Lawrence was selected Conference Football Coach of the Year.
In 1966, Coach Allen moved to Bayou View Junior High School as Head Football Coach where he remained for eighteen years. Lawrence chose to coach junior high football because he knew he could have the biggest impact on the younger children. He was always adamant about young men learning to play football the safest way possible to avoid unnecessary and dangerous injuries. While at Bayou View Junior High School, he also coached boy's basketball and track. In 1968, Coach Allen's team at Bayou View went 10-0, winning the 1968 District Four Championship. Coach Allen retired from Bayou View Junior High in 1984, leaving with a record of fourteen-out-of-eighteen winning seasons.
Beginning with his college days and continuing throughout his life Lawrence always worked with the Electrolux Corporation. Despite long hours in the classroom, in the gymnasium, and on the field, Coach Allen worked with Electrolux. He was as well known for his love of selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners as he was for his love of sports and approached both with the same enthusiasm and integrity.
For years after his retirement from coaching, Lawrence received telephone calls from former students and players he had influenced dozens of years before. He often spoke to and attended the weddings and graduations of students he had known in their pre-teen years. That is the magnitude of his relationship with the hundreds of children he helped. It was no different with those hundreds of customers he had up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast. If Lawrence sold you a vacuum cleaner, he was your friend forever; and you often became his. Many times he made a payment for an elderly person or person in need who couldn't make the payments. Coach Allen was as famous for his quiet sense of character and unfailing willingness to assist anyone in need as he was for his stories and jokes as anyone who ever met him would know. He never met a stranger - and if he did, they weren't one for long.
But, he had no greater love than for his family. Lawrence was a dedicated and devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and brother-in-law. He was also a dedicated owner and caretaker of many different "puppies" (as he called them) over the years, leaving two behind, "Bear" and "Bryant." Lawrence S.
Visitation will be held at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on January 10, 2005. The funeral service will be held on January 11, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens, 28th Street, Long Beach, Mississippi.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the American Heart Association or one's favorite charity.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed at 2005 The Sun Herald
Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - Sunday, January 9, 2005
Deceased Name: Lawrence S. Allen
Lawrence S. Allen, better known to most as "Coach" Allen, a resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, died Saturday, January 8, 2005.
Coach Allen was a native of McComb, Mississippi, and grew up in the Friendship Community. After graduating from high school, he attended Southwest Junior College, Summit, Mississippi. Lawrence interrupted his junior college career and enlisted in the National Guard. He was called to active duty during the Korean Conflict. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Lawrence resumed his education at William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from which he obtained a degree in Social Studies and Physical Education in 1953. That same year he married Doris Honea, a Registered Nurse from Liberty, Mississippi. He always said, "Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient."
In August, 1953, Lawrence became Assistant Football Coach and Girl's Basketball Coach at Meadville, Mississippi. In 1956, he took his first head coaching position as Head Football Coach at Centreville High School, Centerville, Mississippi. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball while at Centerville High School.
In 1960, Lawrence and Doris moved to Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he assumed the position of Head Coach at Pass Christian High School. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball. In 1961, Lawrence was selected Conference Football Coach of the Year.
In 1966, Coach Allen moved to Bayou View Junior High School as Head Football Coach where he remained for eighteen years. Lawrence chose to coach junior high football because he knew he could have the biggest impact on the younger children. He was always adamant about young men learning to play football the safest way possible to avoid unnecessary and dangerous injuries. While at Bayou View Junior High School, he also coached boy's basketball and track. In 1968, Coach Allen's team at Bayou View went 10-0, winning the 1968 District Four Championship. Coach Allen retired from Bayou View Junior High in 1984, leaving with a record of fourteen-out-of-eighteen winning seasons.
Beginning with his college days and continuing throughout his life Lawrence always worked with the Electrolux Corporation. Despite long hours in the classroom, in the gymnasium, and on the field, Coach Allen worked with Electrolux. He was as well known for his love of selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners as he was for his love of sports and approached both with the same enthusiasm and integrity.
For years after his retirement from coaching, Lawrence received telephone calls from former students and players he had influenced dozens of years before. He often spoke to and attended the weddings and graduations of students he had known in their pre-teen years. That is the magnitude of his relationship with the hundreds of children he helped. It was no different with those hundreds of customers he had up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast. If Lawrence sold you a vacuum cleaner, he was your friend forever; and you often became his. Many times he made a payment for an elderly person or person in need who couldn't make the payments. Coach Allen was as famous for his quiet sense of character and unfailing willingness to assist anyone in need as he was for his stories and jokes as anyone who ever met him would know. He never met a stranger - and if he did, they weren't one for long.
But, he had no greater love than for his family. Lawrence was a dedicated and devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and brother-in-law. He was also a dedicated owner and caretaker of many different "puppies" (as he called them) over the years, leaving two behind, "Bear" and "Bryant." Lawrence S.
Visitation will be held at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on January 10, 2005. The funeral service will be held on January 11, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens, 28th Street, Long Beach, Mississippi.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the American Heart Association or one's favorite charity.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed at 2005 The Sun Herald
Lawrence S. Allen: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - Sunday, January 9, 2005
Deceased Name: Lawrence S. Allen
Lawrence S. Allen, better known to most as "Coach" Allen, a resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, died Saturday, January 8, 2005.
Coach Allen was a native of McComb, Mississippi, and grew up in the Friendship Community. After graduating from high school, he attended Southwest Junior College, Summit, Mississippi. Lawrence interrupted his junior college career and enlisted in the National Guard. He was called to active duty during the Korean Conflict. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Lawrence resumed his education at William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from which he obtained a degree in Social Studies and Physical Education in 1953. That same year he married Doris Honea, a Registered Nurse from Liberty, Mississippi. He always said, "Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient."
In August, 1953, Lawrence became Assistant Football Coach and Girl's Basketball Coach at Meadville, Mississippi. In 1956, he took his first head coaching position as Head Football Coach at Centreville High School, Centerville, Mississippi. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball while at Centerville High School.
In 1960, Lawrence and Doris moved to Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he assumed the position of Head Coach at Pass Christian High School. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball. In 1961, Lawrence was selected Conference Football Coach of the Year.
In 1966, Coach Allen moved to Bayou View Junior High School as Head Football Coach where he remained for eighteen years. Lawrence chose to coach junior high football because he knew he could have the biggest impact on the younger children. He was always adamant about young men learning to play football the safest way possible to avoid unnecessary and dangerous injuries. While at Bayou View Junior High School, he also coached boy's basketball and track. In 1968, Coach Allen's team at Bayou View went 10-0, winning the 1968 District Four Championship. Coach Allen retired from Bayou View Junior High in 1984, leaving with a record of fourteen-out-of-eighteen winning seasons.
Beginning with his college days and continuing throughout his life Lawrence always worked with the Electrolux Corporation. Despite long hours in the classroom, in the gymnasium, and on the field, Coach Allen worked with Electrolux. He was as well known for his love of selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners as he was for his love of sports and approached both with the same enthusiasm and integrity.
For years after his retirement from coaching, Lawrence received telephone calls from former students and players he had influenced dozens of years before. He often spoke to and attended the weddings and graduations of students he had known in their pre-teen years. That is the magnitude of his relationship with the hundreds of children he helped. It was no different with those hundreds of customers he had up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast. If Lawrence sold you a vacuum cleaner, he was your friend forever; and you often became his. Many times he made a payment for an elderly person or person in need who couldn't make the payments. Coach Allen was as famous for his quiet sense of character and unfailing willingness to assist anyone in need as he was for his stories and jokes as anyone who ever met him would know. He never met a stranger - and if he did, they weren't one for long.
But, he had no greater love than for his family. Lawrence was a dedicated and devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and brother-in-law. He was also a dedicated owner and caretaker of many different "puppies" (as he called them) over the years, leaving two behind, "Bear" and "Bryant." Lawrence S.
Visitation will be held at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on January 10, 2005. The funeral service will be held on January 11, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens, 28th Street, Long Beach, Mississippi.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the American Heart Association or one's favorite charity.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed at 2005 The Sun Herald
Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - Sunday, January 9, 2005
Deceased Name: Lawrence S. Allen
Lawrence S. Allen, better known to most as "Coach" Allen, a resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, died Saturday, January 8, 2005.
Coach Allen was a native of McComb, Mississippi, and grew up in the Friendship Community. After graduating from high school, he attended Southwest Junior College, Summit, Mississippi. Lawrence interrupted his junior college career and enlisted in the National Guard. He was called to active duty during the Korean Conflict. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Lawrence resumed his education at William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from which he obtained a degree in Social Studies and Physical Education in 1953. That same year he married Doris Honea, a Registered Nurse from Liberty, Mississippi. He always said, "Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient."
In August, 1953, Lawrence became Assistant Football Coach and Girl's Basketball Coach at Meadville, Mississippi. In 1956, he took his first head coaching position as Head Football Coach at Centreville High School, Centerville, Mississippi. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball while at Centerville High School.
In 1960, Lawrence and Doris moved to Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he assumed the position of Head Coach at Pass Christian High School. He also coached girl's basketball and baseball. In 1961, Lawrence was selected Conference Football Coach of the Year.
In 1966, Coach Allen moved to Bayou View Junior High School as Head Football Coach where he remained for eighteen years. Lawrence chose to coach junior high football because he knew he could have the biggest impact on the younger children. He was always adamant about young men learning to play football the safest way possible to avoid unnecessary and dangerous injuries. While at Bayou View Junior High School, he also coached boy's basketball and track. In 1968, Coach Allen's team at Bayou View went 10-0, winning the 1968 District Four Championship. Coach Allen retired from Bayou View Junior High in 1984, leaving with a record of fourteen-out-of-eighteen winning seasons.
Beginning with his college days and continuing throughout his life Lawrence always worked with the Electrolux Corporation. Despite long hours in the classroom, in the gymnasium, and on the field, Coach Allen worked with Electrolux. He was as well known for his love of selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners as he was for his love of sports and approached both with the same enthusiasm and integrity.
For years after his retirement from coaching, Lawrence received telephone calls from former students and players he had influenced dozens of years before. He often spoke to and attended the weddings and graduations of students he had known in their pre-teen years. That is the magnitude of his relationship with the hundreds of children he helped. It was no different with those hundreds of customers he had up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast. If Lawrence sold you a vacuum cleaner, he was your friend forever; and you often became his. Many times he made a payment for an elderly person or person in need who couldn't make the payments. Coach Allen was as famous for his quiet sense of character and unfailing willingness to assist anyone in need as he was for his stories and jokes as anyone who ever met him would know. He never met a stranger - and if he did, they weren't one for long.
But, he had no greater love than for his family. Lawrence was a dedicated and devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and brother-in-law. He was also a dedicated owner and caretaker of many different "puppies" (as he called them) over the years, leaving two behind, "Bear" and "Bryant." Lawrence S.
Visitation will be held at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on January 10, 2005. The funeral service will be held on January 11, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens, 28th Street, Long Beach, Mississippi.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the American Heart Association or one's favorite charity.
An online guest book may be viewed and signed at 2005 The Sun Herald
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