Welton D. Allen
Welton D. Allen, 78, of Greenville died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, August 21, 2017 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dillon Lee officiating. Interment will be in Center Point Cemetery in Fannin County. Visitation will be 12 Noon until service time, Monday.
Mr. Allen was born in Greenville, Mississippi on August 22, 1938. He was the son of Barney Allen and Bessie Taylor Allen. He married Wanda Joyce Montgomery on August 6, 1981 in Greenville, Texas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and retired from Wing Industries and Walmart. Mr. Allen was a long time member of Westview United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Allen of Dallas; son, David Allen of Caddo Mills; step-daughter, Glenna Reames and husband Ray of Lancaster; brother, James W. Kirkley and wife, Shirley of Pleasant View, Tennessee; sister, Vivian Adams and husband, Don of Memphis, Tennessee; granddaughter, Christian Marie Allen; great-granddaughter, Natalie Faith Allen; step-granddaughter, Delena Sample and husband, Randy; step-great-grandson, Lucas Ray Sample. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alton Ray Kirkley and Dewey Kirkley; and step-sons, Danny J. Montgomery and Terry Allen Montgomery.