Obituaries:  Marvin David Allen, Sabine Parish       A-450
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 28, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Marvin David Allen

  Marvin David Allen of Blanchard, died Monday, June 25, in
Doctors Hospital, after a short illness. He was 83.

  A native of Mississippi, Mr. Allen was a Blanchard resident for
36 years. He was a retired carpenter. Funeral services were at
2:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, in the Marshall Street Chapel of
Rose-Neath Funeral Home, with the Rev. Darrel Roberts, pastor of
West Lake Baptist Mission, officiating. Burial was in the
Blanchard Cemetery.

  His survivors include a son, Jewell Allen of Blanchard; four
daughters, Laurie Aymond of Alexandria, Faye Arledge of
Blanchard, Virginia Attaway of Blanchard, and Doris Barnett of
Shreveport; three sisters, Anne Priest of Shreveport, Helen
Rigdon of Coushatta, and Ellen Edwards of Harrsburg, Ark.; two
brothers, Woodrow Allen of Blanchard, and J. B. Allen of
Robeline; 13 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Steve Elliot, Frank Allen Jr., Bruce Aymond,
Raymond Aymond Jr., James Asby, and Ronny Attaway.