Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Kara Allen

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 24, 2002

Kara Allen
    KEEN MOUNTAIN, Va. -- Mr. Kara Allen, 87, of Golden Age Retirement Home, 
formerly of Keen Mountain, passed away Jan. 21, 2003, in a Buchanan County 
Hospital following an unexpected illness. Born in War Eagle, W.Va., he was the 
son of the late Lewis and Elzora Cook Allen. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. 
Allen was a member of Oakwood Presbyterian Church.
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a first wife; his 
second wife, Edna Sarah Looney Allen; son, Benny Allen; five brothers, Mack, 
Doc, Alfred, Joe and Tom Allen; sisters Virgie, Elizabeth, Phoebe and Virginia 
Allen; and one granddaughter, Rebecca Elizabeth Matney.
    Survivors are one son, Joe Allen of Petersburg, Va.; five daughters, 
Claudette Stiltner McDonald of Thomaston, Ga., Jeanette Stiltner Johnson of 
Statham, Ga., Christinia Allen Matney of Herndon, Va., Becky Allen Hill of 
Houston, Texas, and Tracy Allen Laws (adopted) of Green Mountain, N.C.; one 
brother, Ed Allen of Palm Bay, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 
and special friend, Ruby Viers. 
    Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, at 1 p.m. at 
Buchanan Funeral Chapel in Keen Mountain, with Rev. Curtis Stacy officiating. 
Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill. Pallbearers 
will be Joe Allen, Daniel Allen, Brandon Allen, Joel Saunders, Joe Matney and 
Jerry McDonald. Honorary pallbearers will be Keith Brewer, Sammy Johnson, James 
Johnson and Ed Allen.
    In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lighthouse Ministries, P.O. 
Box 326, Oakwood,VA 24631.
    Friends may call at Buchanan Funeral Service from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
    Buchanan Funeral Service is serving the Allen family.