Individual Details

Harold Evon "Shy" Allen

(9 Mar 1924 - 28 Jul 2002)

He owned & operated the store at Grice until it closed. Then later he owned & operated H E Allen Grocery on Titus Street in Gilmer, Texas.
He donated a lot of his free time to promote singings in the Gilmer Nursing homes. Shy sang bass with the Grady Lansdale Quartet. He also headed the Upshur County Singing Conventions for a number of years.

Events

Birth9 Mar 1924
Death28 Jul 2002
BurialSunset Memorial Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas

Families

SpouseLiving
FatherJohn Tinital Allen (1895 - 1977)
MotherIva Lee Smith (1899 - 1997)
SiblingAnn Marie Allen (1918 - 2004)
SiblingThurman Leon Allen (1919 - 2012)
SiblingEmma Doris Allen (1921 - 1996)

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