Obit of Jesse Albert Allen (a450) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 3 Nov 2000 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Allen, Pinkston, Miller Jesse Albert Allen was born January 17, 1915 in Beeville, Texas to Granville and Emma Bast Allen and passed away October 7, 1994 at the age of 79. When he was tow years of age, the Allen family moved from Texas to a farm just north of Elk City. Jesse attended Herring School and began working for the Herring Ranch. Jesse was married to Rosa Pinkston and they began faming some eight miles SW of Hammon. Rosa passed away some three years later. Jesse and their son Leroy moved in with Jesse's mother on the home place until he was married to Lucille Miller on December, 1939 at the Baptist Church Parsonage. Two years later they purchased the place where they now reside. To this union was born a daughter, Carolyn Kay. Survivors include tow children: Leroy Allen of Cheyenne and Carolyn Kay McClure and her husband Bill, of Florence, Alabama. Five grandchildren: Gary and Sondra Allen of Cheyenne, Mike and Trisha Allen of Moore, OK, Keith and Catherine Allen of Panhandle, TX, Lors and Billy Morrow of Florence, AL, Also 10 great-grandchildren: Tifaney and Kayla Allen, Blake and Jesse Blane Allen, Aaron, Nicole and Albert Cole Allen, Jessica and Jennifer Morrow and Luke Smith. One sister, Murl Gwartney and her husband Ted of Hammon and four sissters-in-law: Mrs. Vonnie Allen of Elk City, Mrs. Annie Allen of Hammon, Mrs. Letha Johns, Lincoln, AR, and Nell Howe and her husband Bill of Clinton, OK. Services were held at Martins Funeral Home Chapel, October 11, 1994 at 2:00 p.m. Burial at Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, OK