He was born August 22, 1940, in Wayne County, Missouri, to Clayton Harrison Allen and Cora Blanch Eads Allen.
He graduated from Patterson High School in 1958 and earned an associate's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a 4.0 grade point average. He served in the Air Force from 1958-1962 and was stationed in Ryukian Islands, Japan, during the Vietnam War.
He married Carolyn Fuller on May 27, 1983. He retired from Dr. Pepper in 2003 as a diesel mechanic.
Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Kathleen Robinson, two brothers, Marvin Allen and Bill Allen.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of the home: daughter and son-in-law: Teresa and Jeffrey Short of Lompoc, California; sons and daughters-in-law: Bret and Soccoro Allen, Clay and Ashley Allen, Shanon and Jennifer Anthony, Scott and Kim Anderson, all of Paragould; two grandsons, 8 granddaughters, one great grandson and one great grand-daughter; sisters and brothers-in-law: Erma and Eugene Pruitt, Pam and Tom Willis; brother and sister-in-law: Dennis and Alice Allen; and stepmother: Louise Allen.
Funeral services were at Heath Funeral Home. Burial was at Brown's Chapel Cemetery.
Heath Funeral Home, May 4, 2012.
He was born August 22, 1940, in Wayne County, Missouri, to Clayton Harrison Allen and Cora Blanch Eads Allen.
He graduated from Patterson High School in 1958 and earned an associate's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a 4.0 grade point average. He served in the Air Force from 1958-1962 and was stationed in Ryukian Islands, Japan, during the Vietnam War.
He married Carolyn Fuller on May 27, 1983. He retired from Dr. Pepper in 2003 as a diesel mechanic.
Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Kathleen Robinson, two brothers, Marvin Allen and Bill Allen.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of the home: daughter and son-in-law: Teresa and Jeffrey Short of Lompoc, California; sons and daughters-in-law: Bret and Soccoro Allen, Clay and Ashley Allen, Shanon and Jennifer Anthony, Scott and Kim Anderson, all of Paragould; two grandsons, 8 granddaughters, one great grandson and one great grand-daughter; sisters and brothers-in-law: Erma and Eugene Pruitt, Pam and Tom Willis; brother and sister-in-law: Dennis and Alice Allen; and stepmother: Louise Allen.
Funeral services were at Heath Funeral Home. Burial was at Brown's Chapel Cemetery.
Heath Funeral Home, May 4, 2012.
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