Obituaries: Ira Walter Allen, 1972, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: May 24, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Ira W. Allen, 71, Winn Native, Dies In Monroe Ira Walter Allen, 71, of Monroe, died at 1:50 p.m. Sunday in the E. A. Conway Hospital following a brief illness. He was a brother of the late Gov. O. K. Allen and the late Congressman A. Leonard Allen. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Monroe with the Rev. L. L. Morris officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Allen, a native of Winnfield, was a retired postal employee. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow; a son, Bryan Allen of Shreveport; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Broyles of Leesville; four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.