Raphael Charles "Ray" Allen
Front
Page - Winder News February 12, 1964
A
fire at the residence on North Broad Street, Sunday morning about 11:30A.M.
claimed the life of a local man
who
perished from the smoke and flames before firemen were able to save his life.
Raphael C. (Charles) Allen, an employee of the Winder Plumbing Company, died of
asphyxiation and burns
caused
when his home was partially destroyed by fire here Sunday morning, according to
a coroner's jury.
Mr.
Allen returned about 8:00A.M. from delivery of newspapers on a rural route,
which he delivered each morning, according to Harlan B. Doster, Coroner.
It is thought that he laid down to take a nap and was asleep when the tragedy
struck. A coroner's inquest was held at 2:00 Sunday afternoon and
determined the cause of death was accidental.
The
two front rooms of the home was badly damaged. Fire Chief Luther Lanthier
stated that from appearances the fire is thought to have started in the area of
the couch upon which Mr. Allen was presumed to be asleep.
Sheriff
clay Camp was the investigating officer and Dr. G. R. Parkerson was the medical
examiner.
Funeral
services for Mr. Allen will be placed elsewhere in the News.
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Obituary
- Winder News February 12, 1964
Funeral
services for Mr. Raphael "Ray" Allen of Winder were held on Monday
afternoon, February 10th at
4:00PM
at the Chapel Christian Church with Rev. J. O. McNeal and Rev. Ralph Bowles as
the officiating ministers.
Music
was rendered by the Elliott duet.
Mr.
Allen died in a fire at his home here last Sunday, February 9, 1964. He
was 42 years old having been born on November 27, 1921 and was a member of the
Nazareth Methodist Church.Burial was in the Chapel Christian Church cemetery
with Wise Funeral Home of Winder in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers were Byron Skinner, Raymond Doster, Alton Doster, Charles House, C.
S. Allen, Herman Allen, Myron Skinner and Virnon Simpson.
Mr.
Allen is survived by his wife, Dorothy Collins Allen, a daughter, Treda Ann
Allen, a son, Master Larry Ricky Allen, all of Winder; his mother, Bessie Doster
Allen, Buford; a brother, Ralph Allen, New Boston, Michigan and a sister, Mrs.
Harold Clememts, Royal Center, Indiana.
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I
am the daughter of Raphael "Ray" and would like to share this
picture, because I am very proud of my Daddy.
If anyone has pictures or information that they would like to share, please
let me know.
I am trying to gather pictures, tidbits, information, etc. about the Allen's to
share the heritage with generations to come.
Here are my descendants:
Raphael
Charles "Ray" Allen
Guy Wesley Allen, Sr.
Charles Pascal "Charlie"
Isom B. Allen