Benjamin Allen Obituary

BENJAMIN L. ALLEN, AGE 86, OF FLORENCE, AL, DIED SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2004. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, AT 1:00 P.M., AT MORRISON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, TUSCUMBIA. VISITATION WILL BE THURSDAY, FROM 11:00 A.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BRO. BILL UHLMAN AND BRO. BILL HARPER WILL OFFICIATE THE SERVICE. BURIAL WILL BE AT MT. MORIAH CEMETERY.

BRO. ALLEN WAS A NATIVE OF COLBERT COUNTY, AND WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS, SERVING PASTORATES IN OHIO, KENTUCKY AND CHURCHES IN THE SHOALS AREA. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE IRONWORKERS LOCAL #477 FOR FORTY YEARS. BRO. ALLEN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON, BENNY ALLEN, DAUGHTER, MELBA CATES, FOUR BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, JEAN ALLEN, OF FLORENCE; DAUGHTERS, SUE WOOD, AND HUSBAND RICHARD, OF JASPER, AND SARAH THORTON, OF ELGIN CROSSROADS; STEP-SON, JIMMY McCREIGHT, AND WIFE LUCILLE, OF HARTSELLE; SISTERS, LILLE CREASY AND SUSIE CREASY, BOTH OF TUSCUMBIA; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN; AND SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHIHLDREN.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE BILL YOUNG, JIM FORD, YUEL CREASY, GLEN CREASY, D.A. McCLUSKY, AND C.T. INMAN. GRANDSONS WILL SERVE AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS.

MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, TUSCUMBIA, IS DIRECTING.