Obituaries: W. Warren Allen, 1978, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 29, 1978 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

W. Warren Allen Rites Held Last Thursday

The funeral of W. Warren Allen, 57, Winnfield, was held at 10 a.m. Thursday in
First Methodist Church in Winnfield with the Rev. Grayson B. Watson
officiating.

Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home in Winnfield.

Mr. Allen died Tuesday, November 21, 1978, at his residence after a brief
illness.

He was a native and lifelong resident of Winnfield.  He graduated from
Winnfield High School in 1938 and later graduated from Northwestern State
University in Natchitoches where he was a charter member of the Phi Mu Alpha
fraternity and member of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity.  He owned and operated
Allen & Allen, Inc., throughout his adult life.  He was a Master Mason, 33rd
Degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 151 of
Winnfield.  He served as head of many Masonic bodies and served in many other
capacities as a Mason.  He was a member of the First Methodist Church of
Winnfield.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtice S. Allen of Winnfield, one son, W.
Warren Allen, Jr., of Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. Wendy A. Roach of
Shreveport and Mrs. Ann A. Cavanaugh of Leesville; one grandson and two
nieces.

Pallbearers were Newton Forrest, J. W. Kennedy, L. L. Brewton, Jr., Douglas
Allen, Johnny Brister, Henry Williams, Cecil Johnson, and Arthur Dinkins.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 151 of
Winnfield.

Memorials may be made to the Scottish Rite Foundation or University of Texas
at Houston Diabetes Research Fund, in care of W. J. Thompson, Box 20708,
Houston, Texas.