Obit of Allen, Mary Lucile (a450) - Texas County, Oklahoma Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ 6 Nov 2004 Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Amarillo Globe News 29 Aug 1998 Mary Lucile Allen GUYMON, Okla. - Mary Lucile Allen, 86, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Hansford Cemetery near Spearman, Texas, with the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, officiating. Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Victory Memorial United Methodist Church in Guymon. Arrangements are by BunchRoberts Funeral Home of Guymon. Mrs. Allen was born in Hansford, Texas, where she attended school until the town of Spearman was established. She graduated from Spearman High School and attended McMurray College. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Spearman and Victory Memorial United Methodist Church of Guymon. Mrs. Allen farmed with her husband in Spearman and later in Guymon. She was a member of Sigma Phi, Daughters of the American Revolution, Twentieth Century Club, Church Circle, Rose Garden Club, Delphinium Garden Club, Mr. and Mrs. Garden Club and was a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star. She married John R. Allen in 1934. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Fincham. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Marilyn Wilson of Crawford and Barbara Rapp and Jane Whitford, both of Guymon; four sisters, her twin, Louise Vaught, Edna Bassel and Virginia Cates, all of Amarillo, and Helen Fisher of Spearman; three brothers, J.B. Buchanan of Spearman, J.W. "Wilson" Buchanan of Dumas and Paul Buchanan of Pampa; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. ========= Amarillo Globe News 30 Aug 1998 Mary Lucile Allen GUYMON, Okla. - Mary Lucile Allen, 86, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Saturday in Hansford Cemetery near Spearman, Texas, with the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, officiating. Memorial services were at 2:30 p.m. in Victory Memorial United Methodist Church in Guymon. Arrangements were by BunchRoberts Funeral Home of Guymon. Mrs. Allen was born in Hansford, Texas, where she attended school until the town of Spearman was established. She graduated from Spearman High School and attended McMurry College. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Spearman and Victory Memorial United Methodist Church of Guymon. Mrs. Allen farmed with her husband in Spearman and later in Guymon. She was a member of Sigma Phi, Daughters of the American Revolution, Twentieth Century Club, Church Circle, Rose Garden Club, Delphinium Garden Club, Mr. and Mrs. Garden Club and was a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star. She married John R. Allen in 1934. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Fincham. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Marilyn Wilson of Crawford and Barbara Rapp and Jane Whitford, both of Guymon; four sisters, her twin, Louise Vaught, Edna Bassel and Virginia Cates, all of Amarillo, and Helen Fisher of Spearman; three brothers, J.B. Buchanan of Spearman, J.W. "Wilson" Buchanan of Dumas and Paul Buchanan of Pampa; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html