Biography of Harmon ALLEN, Scott Co, Arkansas

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Contributed by Delaine Edwards.
July 6 1999

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THE ADVANCE REPORTER
Thursday, February 6, 1969
Spotlight On...
REV. HARMON ALLEN
	As we prepare the last issue of The Advance Reporter we have the 
honor of turning the Spotlight on Rev. Harmon Allen, who deserves much 
more than has been his happy lot in life.
	Harmon is the older son of Albert and Addie (Sanders) Allen, born 
at Cedar Creek, Arkansas on February 12, 1901, and lived there until 1918,
when he moved with the family to Waldron.
	As a lad of 18 years, he felt the call to preach the Gospel - but as
so many, he rejected this call until 1938, and was ordained in the First 
Baptist Church of Waldron in 1940.
	Harmon attended elementary [school] at Cedar Creek; Waldron High 
School, Southern Baptist College at Pocahontas, Arkansas; Baptist 
University, and Draughns Business College in Ft. Smith.
	He was married to Miss Etha Mae Black in 1933. To this union one 
son, Billy Gene was born. After a long illness Etha departed this life in 
1966.
	Mrs. Lola (Clymer) Liles of Mena became the bride of Bro. Allen 
August 18, 1967. They are at home in Waldron.
	Bro. Allen has spent more than 30 years in the ministry as a rural 
and village pastor. Has pastored three-fourth of the Churches in the 
Buckner Baptist Association and served Ouachita Association as pastor of 
Cove and Vandervoort Churches.
	As many rural pastors, he was a farmer and worked 12 years for 
Southwestern Creosote Post Company of Muskogee, Oklahoma, inspecting 
timber in this area.
	At present Bro. and Mrs. Allen are members of Denton Baptist Church,
where Bro. Allen is a disability retired pastor. He served this church 15 
years prior to this engagement.
	In our closing thoughts we will say that it is a pleasure knowing 
and having an opportunity to hear Bro. Allen preach. The Lord has richly 
blessed his work wherever he has served as pastor. He has conducted and 
assisted in more than six hundred funerals, performed many marriages and
baptized more than a thousand converts.