Jackson County MsArchives Obituaries.....Allen, Charles Houston [Dr.] 2008
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Dr. Charles Houston (Catfish) Allen, beloved Mississippi and Alabama physician
died Sunday, June 15, 2008 shortly after his 78th year. Born in D'Lo, Simpson 
County, MS to Gracie Corine Allen and Charles Allen, Sr. 

He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Mississippi College. A member of
the University of Mississippi Medical School's first 4 year graduating class; he
received the first diploma by rite of the alphabet - his name being Allen.
 
Before graduating his fellow Ole Miss classmates voted him Colonel Rebel and he
became the first of only 2 medical students to receive this honor. Dr. Allen
served with distinction in Korea. 

His first medical practice was in New Augsta, MS. Later he joined Dr. Karl Horn
and Dr. Bud Minkler to pioneer the new field of Emergency Medicine in Jackson
County, MS giving the area 24 hour coverage; the first in MS and one of the
first of such in the country. 

Dr. Allen practiced medicine with kindness that was reknown in all the south;
his genorosity and good humor were legendary. After 30 years he retired from the
Singing River Emergency Department and started a family practice clinic in Grand
Bay, AL where he practiced for 10 years until his late 70's. Being a doctor and
taking care of people, that as his life. A blessing to all that knew him, there
was only one catfish.

Funeral services: Upton Funeral Home, Mendenhall, MS. Interment: Pinola Cemetery
in Simpson County, MS.

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