More detail on this person: After his first
tour he received a direct commission in the
Artillery branch. From Mike Law
Funeral services for retired Maj. Jimmy Dale
Allen, 41, of Athens were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday
in the Foster & Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Rev.
David Shepard officiating.
Burial will be in the Davis Cemetery
Maj. Allen died in Temple Hospital.
Born Sept. 2, 1942 in Seminole, he lived in the
Athens area four years. A U.S. Army veteran, he
was a retired major. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Allen of
Athens; one son, Jeffery Allen of Athens; his
father, V. Allen of Seminole; his mother, Lorene
Roche of Mabank; and two brothers, Donnie Allen of
Balch Springs and Tommy Allen of Odessa.
Pallbearers were Nolan Wilson, Lee Wilson, Johnny
Walker, Ernest Williams, Dudley Dailey and Wade
Wilbanks.
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