Dr. Herbert Victor Allen III, MD

Longtime Mobile resident Dr. Herbert Victor Allen III, MD, age 72, passed away at the Mobile Infirmary Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Vic was an orthopedic surgeon and founding member of Alabama Orthopedic Clinic, PC. He later opened a private practice, Allen Orthopedics, LLC. He graduated from UMS in 1965, attended the University of Cincinnati and enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an aircraft mechanic. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of South Alabama in 1979. He had a larger than life personality. He had a lifelong love of fishing and boating and could always be found at the Alba Hunting and Fishing Club. His patients loved him. He was preceded by his parents, Rheata Kahn Allen and Dr. Herbert Victor Allen, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Jan Fell Allen; children, Laura Allen Reid (Mike) of Mobile; James Victor Allen (Cindy) of Atlanta; Herbert Victor Allen, IV (Madeline) of Perrysburg, Ohio; Lydia Elizabeth Pavelka (Ed) of Fulton, Maryland; CPT Russell Sterling Allen, USA, of Tacoma, Washington; grandchildren Thomas Allen Reid, Caroline Grace Reid, Justin Daniel Allen, Luke William Allen, Isabella Marie Pavelka and Catherine Elizabeth Pavelka; sister Michele Vann Allen; nieces, nephews, and many other friends and relatives. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home, Mobile. The family will receive friends Monday, January 6, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Luke 4:18 Fellowship Church, 2664 Sollie Road. Funeral Service will occur at 12:00 p.m. at the church. Interment will follow at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL.