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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, May 24, 1972

Ira W. Allen, 71, Winn Native, Dies In Monroe

Ira Walter Allen, 71, of Monroe, died at 1:50 p.m. Sunday in the E. A. Conway Hospital following a brief illness.

He was a brother of the late Gov. O. K. Allen and the late Congressman A. Leonard Allen.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Monroe with the Rev. L. L. Morris officiating. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery.

Mr. Allen, a native of Winnfield, was a retired postal employee. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow; a son, Bryan Allen of Shreveport; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Broyles of Leesville; four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.