Obituaries: Ira Leon Allen, 1970, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 16, 1970 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Ira L. Allen, 85, Dies; Burial At Allen Cemetery

Ira Leon Allen, 85, of Route 2, Winnfield, died Thursday, July 9, 1970 in an
Alexandria hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Allen was a lifelong resident of southeastern Winn Parish, eventually
settling in Pleasant Hill community where he was a member of the Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church.  Mr. and Mrs. Allen celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary
in September 1969.

He was a farmer, who raised field crops and later truck garden produce, but he
also worked in the timber and was one of the leading boosters for tree
farming in Winn.  At 65 he planted seedlings and lived to harvest plulpwood
from his "pine orchard."

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Viola Allen of Winnfield; four sons, C. W. Allen
of Winnie, Texas, Ardell Allen of Pineville, Melvin Allen of Flagstaff, Ariz.,
and Bobby Allen of Shreveport; one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Yelverton of
Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Nesa Smith of Winnfield and Mrs. Mary B. Cox of
Plain Dealing; 15 grancdhildren, and 23 great grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Southern Funeral Home
chapel at Winnfield with Revs. Harrison Cockerham and R. T. Bridges of Winnie,
Texas officiating.  Burial was in Allen Cemetery near Winnfield.