Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Sunday, October 18, 1959

Ira Allen Burial Scheduled Today

Funeral services for Ira Richard Allen, 34, a former Shreveport resident who died at a Dallas hospital Friday, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Rose-Neath Chapel.

Mr. Allen had been a resident of Dallas for four years, moving to that city from Shreveport. He was a buyer for Sanger Brothers at Dallas. He was a member of the Ingleside Baptist Church of Shreveport and a veteran of World War II.

The Rev. George Hearne, pastor of Ford Park Baptist Church, will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

Survivors are his widow; his parents, Ira W. Allen and Mrs. Verda Allen of Shreveport; a daughter, Miss Francis Kay Allen of Dallas and one brother, Joel Bryan Allen of Shreveport.

Pallbearers will be Otis Bozeman, Joe Allen, R. B. Martin, Sam Cohen, Louis DeMoss and Frank Post.