Obituaries: Mrs. C. W. (Wilma) Allen, 1962, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 1, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. C. W. Allen At Pleasant Hill

Funeral services for Mrs. C. W. (Wilma) Allen, 68, a resident of the Pleasant
Hill Community, East Winn Parish, were conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, October
27, in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Christie
officiating.  Burial was in the family cemetery under direction of Edmond's
Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Nephews acted as pallbearers.  They were Max Allen, Dewey Victor Allen, Tuley
Wells, Doyle Thomas, Speedy Long, W. F. Long, Wiley O. Nugent, and William
Gilmore.

Mrs. Allen, the former Caroline Long, member of the prominent Long family of
Winn Parish, died Friday in Oschner Clinic in New Orleans after a long
illness.  She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist church and a life long
resident of the community in which she lived.

She is survived by her husband; three sons, Clinton W. Allen of Winnfield and
Gilbert and Charles K. Allen of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. Monita
Desselle of Baton Rouge and Miss Nell Ruth Allen of New Orleans; six brothers,
Morris, Parker Jim, John, and Oscar Long, all of Winnfield; and Felix Long of
Tullos; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Gilmore of Mangham and Mrs. Alice Nugent of
Pineville, and six grandchildren.