In Memoriam : Jimmy Allen

Jimmy Allen Jimmy Dail Allen - age: 70
(May 18, 1940 to March 15, 2011 )
Resident of Malta, Texas

Visitation Information:
6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, March 17, 2011
Bates Family Funeral Home

Obituary:
Mr. Jimmy Dail Allen passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at his home in Malta, Texas. He was 70.

Jimmy was born May 18, 1940 in Malta, Texas, to Johnny and Ozell Thompson Allen. He was a Building Maintenance Mechanic at Red River Army Depot and a member of Plantation Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny L. Allen and Ozell Thompson Allen; brother, Richard Allen; a sister, Wilma Christine Walker; and a grandson, Lee Emerson.

He is survived by his wife, Lois Davis Allen of Malta, Texas; two daughters and a son-in-law, Kim and Fred Perez of Grand Prairie, Texas and Terry Penny of New Boston, Texas; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jerry Emerson of St. Francisville, Louisiana and Jamie and Tara Emerson of Hooks, Texas; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Melba and Boyce Grider of Malta, Texas and Lou Haley of Hooks, Texas; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Eldon and Margie Allen of De Kalb, Texas and Jerry and Linda Allen of Malta, Texas; fifteen grandchildren, four great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews, aunts and cousins.

Visitation will be 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Bates Family Funeral Home.

Services will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 18, 2011 at Bates Family Funeral Home with Rev. James Boyd Strain and Robby Bates officiating. Interment will follow at Woodstock Cemetery in New Boston, Texas.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Texarkana, 803 Spruce St., Texarkana, Texas 75501 or American Cancer Society, 5501 Plaza Dr., Texarkana, Texas 75503.





DeLana Tutt Day - March 18, 2011Contact this person Contact this person
Dearest family-My thoughts and prayers are with each of you! May God's grace give you comfort and your loving memories bring you peace!


Bud Callaway - May 2, 2011Contact this person Contact this person
Lois So sorry I have been so long in sending my condolences, but I lost my log in info. Jim was my dear brother in the Lord and my dear friend. He was the kind of man if he told you a rooster could pull a freight train you best go to town to buy a harness. In other words he stood by what he said. I will truley miss him Lou and I always enjoyed our visits. No one can fill his shoes. Love You Bud