Obituaries:  Oscar Woodrow Allen, Sabine Parish       A-450
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 1, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Oscar Woodrow Allen

  Services for Mr. Oscar Woodrow Allen, 71, of Blanchard, were
held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, October 30, at Wellman Funeral Home
Chapel in Blanchard. The Rev. W. L. Cockerell, pastor of
Blanchard Church of the Nazarene, officiated. Burial was in
Springridge Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, La. Graveside services were
at 4 p.m., Tuesday.

  He died Saturday, October 27, 1984, at his residence, after a
sudden illness. Mr. Allen, a native of Pleasant Hill, and
resident of Blanchard for 30 years, was a retired heavy equipment
operator.

  He is survived by three sons, Woodrow D. Allen of Blanchard,
Roger D. Allen, and Willis B. Allen, Sr., both of Bossier City;
three daughters, Sue Ordoyne of Bossier City, Janice Nixon of
Shreveport, and Sandra Lewis of Bossier City; one brother, J. B.
Allen of Marthaville, La.; three sisters, Helen Rigdon of
Coushatta, La., Ellen Edwards of Harrisburg, Arkansas, and Ann
Priest of Shreveport; 23 grandchildren; and two great
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Thurman Biles, Aubrey Mitchell, Greg Allen, Ted
Allen, Roger House, and Pete Gray.