ALLEN OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== ALLEN, Eunice Evelyn JONES 1916 - 2000 Clinton Daily Democrat, Thurs, Jan 27 2000 - Eunice Evelyn Allen was born June 9 1916, in DeWitt, the daughter of Edward Harrison and Cecil Mary Koons Jones. She died January 2, 2000, at West Vue Nursing Home, West Plains. On November 5, 1935, at Olathe, Kansas, she was united in marriage to Loie Edward Allen. To that union were born four children, Loretta Ann, Charles Milton, Judith Elaine and Sandra Kay. In the late 1940s, the family moved from Kansas City to Birch Tree. They were engaged in farming throughout the 1950's, until Loie was called to the Gospel Ministry about 1960. The couple served together in ministry to Southern Baptist churches, beginning with the First Baptist Church of Birch Tree. This was followed by three years at New Hope Baptist Church, Peace Valley. In 1965, Loie accepted a call to the Northeast Baptist Church of Clinton, where he served as pastor until his death in 1973 while on an evangelistic trip to India. Eunice continued to make her home in Clinton and was employed at the Sam's variety store for several years. Active in her church, she taught her beloved class of two- to three-year-olds from 1965 until she moved to West Plains in 1992. She became a member of the Berean Baptist Church there, attending faithfully for as long as her health permitted. She was a wonderfully creative person whose interests ranged from travel to fishing and from ceramics to landscape painting. In addition to her husband, Rev. Loie E. Allen, she was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Loretta Ann Baugh; three brothers, Buford, Morris and Norman, and five sisters, Lucy, Lois, Geraldine, Edwina and Juana. Survivors include one son, Rev. Charles M. Allen and wife, Nova of West Plains; two daughters, Judith E. Beck and husband, Wayne, Marshall, and Sandra Kay Waggoner and husband, Jerry, West Plains; one brother, Essel Jones and wife, Ethel of Ormand Beach, Florida, as well as 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild and many other nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. A devoted Christian, wife, mother and grand mother, she will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Funeral services were held at the Vansant-Mills Chapel Tuesday, January 4, at 2 p.m. with Rev. James Eager officiating. The music was "How Great Thou Art", "Blessed Assurance" and "What a Friend We Have In Jesus". John Delozier and Joey Conway were the soloists. Virginia Graham accompanied them on the organ. Pallbearers were grandsons, Mitchell Allen, David Allen, Lee Allen, Stephen Baugh, Tim Waggoner, Jay Waggoner, Mark McClanahan, Mike McClanahan, Morrie McClanahan and Marshall McClanahan. Burial was in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton. ALLEN, Mary LIVINGSTON 1901 - 1992 Mary Livingston Allen, 91, formerly of Windsor, died April 11 1992, in Los Angeles, California. She was born Mar 16 1901 in St. Louis, the youngest daughter of Fredrick C. Livingston and Cora Long Livingston of Windsor. She had lived in Los Angeles for many years, and was a stenographer and office manager prior to her retirement. She attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. She married Ralph Allen in the early 1930's. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ralph Allen, three sisters, Ruth L. Roberts, Gertrude L. Newcomer and Frances L. Chadbourne, and two nephews, John F. Roberts and Frank L. Roberts. She is survived by one niece, Mrs. Norman (Corabelle) Jensen of Denver, Colorado, and numerous grand-nephews and grand-nieces. Cremation. ALLEN Ray L. 1964 - 1991 Ray L. Allen, 27, died Thursday morning, November 21, 1991, at his mother's home in the Paradise Point Development near Warsaw. He was born in Goldendale, Washington, on February 26, 1964, the son of Lester and Ina Webb Allen. He grew up in the Warsaw area and attended public schools there. In 1986 he was united in marriage to Teresa Gemes at Warsaw. Following their marriage they made their home in Warsaw until moving to Urbana In 1990. He is survived by his wife, Teresa, of the home; one son, Chester, and three daughters, Jamie, Crystal and Amanda, all of the home; his mother. Ina Allen, Warsaw; two brothers, Lonnie Allen and Terry Allen, both of Warsaw; two sisters, Sandra Crabtree, Kingsville, and Elaine Vaughan, Chino, California; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Reser Funeral Chapel at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, November 25, with Rev. Richard Dement officiating. Pallbearers were Logan Colbert, Richard Knox, Leo Crabtree, Pete Crabtree, Todd Gemes and Lennie Allen. Burial was in the Stover Cemetery, Stover. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================