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A celebration of the life of Eva Crabtree will be held Saturday, January 14th, 2:00 p.m., at the Allen First Baptist Church. Mrs. Crabtree passed away in the early hours of January 3, 2023 at the age of 99. A full obituary will be in next week’s Allen Advocate.
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Join the Allen Masonic Lodge for breakfast Saturday, January 7th, from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m., at the Lodge on West Broadway. The breakfast fundraisers are held the first Saturday of each month with a menu of sausage, biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns and coffee.
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Glen Dwayne Russell, dedicated husband, father, grandfather and friend triumphantly arrived in the eternal care of his Lord on December 22, 2022.
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Mary Helen White Lale departed her earthly home for her heavenly home on Monday, December 26, 2022. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, wife and friend to many.
Read moreRonald Gene Woodruff (Ronnie) passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at his home in Calvin, Oklahoma, at the age of 71. He was known as Woody to most of his friends.
Read moreHappy New Year Old timers visiting Allen often ask me “what has happened to downtown Allen?” They are referring of course to our missing stores downtown. They are gone and I don’t think they’ll be back. I wrote an article some years ago and the lead was this: “One by one, the lights are winking out in rural America.” I was referring to the hundreds of little towns in the USA that have mostly vanished.
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