Obituaries: Dewey Clifton Allen, Jr., 1971, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 18, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Auto Fatality Takes Life Of Dewey C. Allen

Funeral services for Dewey Clifton Allen, Jr., 40, of Winnfield, were held at
3 p.m. Monday, March 15, 1971, at the First Baptist Church.  Revs. Lucian
Conway and J. C. Skinner officiated at the services.  Judge Harwell Allen
delivered the eulogy during the service.

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

Pallbearers were Larry Rogers, Morris Crawford, James Hall Emerson, Tracy Lee
Harrel, Sherman Roberts, C. R. Long, Harold Hickey, and Luther Allen Busby.

Allen, son of Mrs. Mary Allen Jenkins and the late D. C. Allen, Sr., both
former Winnfield mayors, died Saturday night, March 13, at 7:10 in a head-on
collision on the Old Calvin Road near Winnfield.

Emanuel Rainwater of Rt. 3, Winnfield was charged with negligent homicide,
reckless operation of a vehicle, and driving without a driver's license.

According to officers Rainwater was driving west in a 1960 Oldsmobile when he
met Allen's 1969 Volkswagen in Allen's lane of traffic.  Rainwater was injured
slightly and was treated and released at Winnfield General Hospital along with
his passenger, 18 month old Sheldon Rainwater.

Allen was alone in his car.  He was the fourth traffic facility this year in
Winn Parish.

Rainwater has been jailed in lieu of bond, according to the Winn Parish
Sheriff's Office.

Allen, a graduate of Winnfield High School, attended Louisiana College and
Northwestern State, and served four years in the Navy.  While in the Navy, he
gained recognition as the AAU junior welter weight boxing champion of the
South Pacific.

An engineer with the Louisiana Department of Highways for 15 years, he was a
member of the Highway Engineers' Society, the V. F. W., and the First Baptist
Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Elsie DeWolf Allen of Winnfield; one son,
Jonathan Allen, one daughter, Barbara Allen; his mother and step-father, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Jenkins, all of Winnfield; one brother, Alton Allen of
Honolulu, Hawaii; and one sister, Mrs. Frankie Dickerson of Sikeston, Mo.