Hulen Emmitt Allen
November 13, 1925 - October 17, 2012
Funeral services for Hulen Emmitt Allen, 86, of Rayville, LA were held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA with Rev. Renita Hemphill officiating. Burial followed in Start Cemetery, Start, LA under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.
Hulen was born November 13, 1925 in Sikes, LA and passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in West Monroe, LA. He was the son of Charles Allen of Sikes, LA and Sarah “Sallie” Helen Smith of Lufkin, TX.
He was married to Charlotte Boykin Allen on February 1, 1952.
Mr. Allen served in the Air Force as an airplane mechanic during WWII. He was a successful cotton farmer in Richland parish for 50 years. He enjoyed hunting, trapping, and fishing.
Mr. Allen was preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte of 52 years; parents, Charles and Sallie Allen; sisters, Bernice Parker, and Annie Ruth Tarver; grandson, Jeremy Keith Allen; and brother, Clifford Allen.
Survivors include sons, Kenneth Michael Allen, James LarryAllen and wife, Mari, and Thomas Earl Allen; daughter, PattiAllen Tumilson and husband, Thomas all of Rayville, LA; 11-grandchildren and 11-great grandchildren; sister, Margie Herrington and Jimmy McLemore of Monroe, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were his grandsons, Brady Allen, Chase Allen, Daniel Allen, Richard Allen, Jason Allen, and Randy Ellis, Jr.