Mr. Allen was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Winford Allen; sister, Nellie F. Allen. He is survived by his daughters, Connie Dunston, Mary Jane Ziegler and husband, Wesley, Ellen Wilmoth and husband, Lonny; sisters, Eddie Mae Baker, Joyce Rothlander, Juanita Harrell and Barbara Steel; grandchildren, Kathy Gouger, Ronnie St. Lawrence, April Zarzour, Randy White, Melissa Findley and Casey Burkett; great-grandchildren, Shan Findley, Triston, Gavin and Presley West, Amanda St. Lawrence and Jenna Gouger; ex-wife, Lila Allen.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7pm on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Grand View Funeral Home. Funeral Service will held at 12pm on Thursday, April 29, 2010, in the Chapel of Grand View Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Roland Hill. Serving as pallbearers will be Doug Harrell, Randy Mack, James Blair, Casey Burkett, Lonny Gillespie, Dale Baker and Randy White. Interment will follow in the Grand View Memorial Park.