Leon Allen

Leon Allen

Leon Allen Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 6, 2008.
ALLEN, LEON (BABY), 84, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. Memorial Service: 3:30 p.m. Monday at Arlington Funeral Home Chapel. Memorials: Juliette Fowler Homes, 1234 Abrams Rd., Dallas, 75214. Leon was born in Sulpher Springs to Tom and Willie Allen, Dec. 4, 1923. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater in WW II from April 1943-Sept. 1945 when he was honorably discharged. Leon was an insurance investigator with Equifax. He is preceded in death by two brothers, J.T. Allen and Dean Allen; a cousin Kenneth Nance. Survivors: Wife, Mary Ann Allen of Arlington; daughter, Cynthia Ann Dowell and husband, Edward of Dallas; sisters, Mildred Stephens of Sulpher Springs and Nell Stephens of Dallas; step-daughters, Carol Ann Davis, Margie Cocking and husband, Les, MaryLee Ross and husband, Stan, Patsy Patty and husband, Sam; 18 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; nephews, Jim Hurley and wife, Marsha, Tommy Stephens and David Stephens; niece, Judy Roberts and husband, Bob. Arlington Funeral Home 1221 E. Division St. 817-548-1791

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January 10, 2008

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January 6, 2008

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DAN MCKINNEY

January 10, 2008

CINDY, ED, AND MARY ANN
I GUESS THERE WERE VERY FEW DAYS THAT WENT BY THAT I DID NOT THINK OF LEON. EVEN NOW I CAN REMEMBER THE GREAT TIMES THAT I AND OUR FAMILY HAD AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS WHEN WE WOULD COME OVER AND SPEND THE NIGHT AND VISIT. MARY KAY AND JOHN -ANN AND MARK SEND THERE SYMPATHY ALSO.

DAN AND CAROLYN

Don/Romelle Hase

January 7, 2008

We fondly remember bowling with Leon and Mary Ann in the Rolling Hills League. It was always pleasant to wave from the golf course when you lived on #8 in St. Andrews.

Our sympathy in your loss, Mary Ann.

Don and Romelle Hase

Lanna Pruit

January 6, 2008

Truely a lost to you and your neighbors in Graham Square. Please accept my deepest sympathies.

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