William Donley Allen, 81, of Greenville, died Thursday, October 29, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Monday, November 2, 2009 in Coker-Mathews Chapel with Rev. Randy Rather officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Sunday, November 1, 2009, at the funeral home.
Mr. Allen was born March 8, 1928, in Ludlow, Kentucky, the son of Al Donley Allen and Mary Margaret Miller Allen. He married Marie Ethel Reeves on September 3, 1949 in Ludow, Kentucky. She preceded him in death in 1975. He married Lucy (Lou) Stevens Henderson on February 14, 1976, in Greenville. She preceded him in death in 2003.
He was retired from the U. S. Air Force and E-Systems. He was a member of the Elks Lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors are his daughter, Debbie Beall and husband, John of Abilene; son, William D. (Don) Allen, Jr. and wife, Anne of Plano; step-sons, Steven Henderson and wife, Kate of Kerrville and Stanley Henderson and wife, Mary of Quinlan; sister, Nancy Gutman and husband, Russ of Ft. Pierce, Florida; grandchildren, Kimberly and Judson Beall, Bryce, Stewart and Joseph Allen, Melinda Pace and Billy and Chris Henderson; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson, William Donley Allen, III.
