Obituaries:  Mrs. W. G. Allen, Sabine Parish       A-450
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 22, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. W. G. Allen

  Mrs. Mary Ann Bufkin Allen, 85, of Converse, died Sunday, March
18, at 12:28 a.m., after a very lengthy illness. She died in the
Allen Sanitarium, which Mrs. Allen's husband, the late Dr.
William G. Allen founded.

  Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in
Converse Monday, March 19, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Shelton
Berryman officiating, assisted by the Rev. Jerry Schmucker, the
Rev. Alvin Strother, and the Rev. W. E. Spencer. Interment was in
the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows
Funeral Home.

  Her body was taken to the First Baptist Church in Converse,
Monday morning at 9:30 to lie in state until service time. She
was a Charter member of this Church.

  The surviving relatives are three daughters, Mrs. Annice Allen
Tolbert, and Mrs. Alma Allen Foley, both of Shreveport, and Mrs.
Mildred Murdock of Zwolle; one son, William Travis Allen of
Converse; one brother, Plummer Bufkin of Shreveport, and one
sister, Mrs. Lessie Bridges of Kilgore; 10 grandchildren; 18
great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews, and a
host of friends.

  Pallbearers were Herbert Slay, Billy Munds, Bruce Teer, Sidney
Sanders, Dan Bailey, Lloyd Allen Murdock, Bobby Foley, and
William G. Allen II.

  Honorary Pallbearers were Chief Justice Joe Sanders, Dr. Donald
Taylor, Dr. Jacqueline Morgan, and Harold Gates.