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Rev Willie Donnie “W.D.” Allen

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Rev Willie Donnie “W.D.” Allen

Birth
Cannon County, Tennessee, USA
Death
27 Dec 1969 (aged 90)
Graham, Young County, Texas, USA
Burial
Graham, Young County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Willie Donnie Allen married Lillie Kirkpatrick on 19 May 1910 at Hill County, Texas. Mrs. Allen preceded him in death.

Services for Rev. Willie D. Allen, 90, retired Methodist minister were held from Salem Methodist Church. Rev. W.D. Allen came to Texas in 1894. He moved to Young County, Texas in 1908 and farmed in the Jean Community until 1943 when he retired and moved to Graham from Jean, Texas. A local Methodist minister, he preached in many of the school houses in the county. He is a member of the Salem Methodist Church and teaches the elderly people's class. He spends his time making a little garden, mowing the yard, reading and watching television. Since 1961, he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Dollie Swaim at 1204 Texas Street. Survived by one daughter - Dollie Swaim; two sons - Dalton Allen and Kirk Allen; one brother - James Allen, three sisters - Mrs. Sallie Williams, Mrs. Fronie Revell; Mrs. Ola Ellison; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral home records show middle name as "Donnis". Death certificate and obituary shows middle name as "Donnie".
Willie Donnie Allen married Lillie Kirkpatrick on 19 May 1910 at Hill County, Texas. Mrs. Allen preceded him in death.

Services for Rev. Willie D. Allen, 90, retired Methodist minister were held from Salem Methodist Church. Rev. W.D. Allen came to Texas in 1894. He moved to Young County, Texas in 1908 and farmed in the Jean Community until 1943 when he retired and moved to Graham from Jean, Texas. A local Methodist minister, he preached in many of the school houses in the county. He is a member of the Salem Methodist Church and teaches the elderly people's class. He spends his time making a little garden, mowing the yard, reading and watching television. Since 1961, he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Dollie Swaim at 1204 Texas Street. Survived by one daughter - Dollie Swaim; two sons - Dalton Allen and Kirk Allen; one brother - James Allen, three sisters - Mrs. Sallie Williams, Mrs. Fronie Revell; Mrs. Ola Ellison; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral home records show middle name as "Donnis". Death certificate and obituary shows middle name as "Donnie".


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