Obituaries: Maj. Bryant R. Allen, 1962, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 13, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Maj. Bryant Allen Dies At Utah AFB Of Heart Attack

Major Bryant R. Allen, 43, native of Joyce, died from a heart attack at the
Ogden Air Force Base, Utah, September 6.  He was the son of the late Mrs.
Leitha Allen and Walter Ray Allen.

Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 11, at the Kramer
Funeral Home in Alexandria with burial following in the National Cemetery
in Pineville, with the Chaplain of that Cemetery officiating.  Military honors
marked the last rites.

A graduate of the Winnfield High School, Bryant was employed for a number of
years as linotype operator at the News-American.  He enlisted in the Air Force
early in 1942, and at the close of World War II returned to civilian life in
the Reserve, but was called to active duty in January, 1951.  For eight years
he was stationed at McChord AFB in Tacoma, Wash., then one year on the Island
of Einewetok, and was then assigned to the Ogden, Utah Air Base, where he
remained until his sudden death.

Surviving are his wife; three sons, Roger, Robert, and Steven; three
daughters, Deborah, Mary, and Barbara, all of Ogden, Utah; three sisters,
Mrs. Rayford Roark, Winnfield, Mrs. Jewel Canerday, Calvin, and
Mrs. Clifford Thompson, Baton Rouge.