Pawnee County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Constance Ann Allen

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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 30, No. 8
Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Page 5

Constance Ann Allen

Constance "Connie" Ann Allen was born on October 29, 1952 in Lake Charles,
Louisiana.  She was the daughter of Dan and Emily Ann Herring.  Connie
moved at an early age to Tulsa, were she attended school through junior
high.  She then moved with her family to Cleveland where she attended high
school, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1970.

Shortly after graduation, Connie was married to Johnni Allen at the First
Christian Church in Cleveland on Dec. 24, 1970.  The couple moved to Tulsa
for a couple of years before establishing their home in Cleveland.

They had three children, Robert, Travis and Michelle.  Upon her return to
Cleveland, Connie worked at the First Christian Church Daycare Center for
a couple of years.  She then accepted employment with the Cleveland Wal-
Mart when it opened and has been employed there for over twenty years.
She had been serving as a support manager for the past few years.

Connie was a member of the First Christian Church.  She loved to travel
but her favorite pastime was spending time with her grandchildren.  She
passed away on Tues., Feb. 13, 2001 at the Cancer Treatment Center of
America in Tulsa at the age of forty-eight years, three months and
fourteen days.

Connie is survived by her husband, Johnnie Allen, of the home; mother,
Emily Herring, Cleveland; father and step-mother, Frank and Marilyn
Herring, Tulsa; three children, Robert Michael Allen, Sr., John Travis
Allen, and daughter Michelle LaDawn Hughes, all of Cleveland; four
grandchildren, Dayci Ann Allen, Corben Travis Allen, and Robert Michael
Allen, Jr., Allison Renay Allen, brother John Herring, Cleveland; step-
sister, Marcia Kelley, Temple, Texas; and a step-grandson, Daniel Lyndon
Lazear.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Sat., Feb. 17, 2001 at the First
Christian Church in Cleveland with Dakota Rush and Dick Williams
officiating.  Burial will be at the Woodland Cemetery under the direction
of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.