March 23, 1997

GILBERT ALLEN

RANDLES -- Gilbert Allen, 83, of Randles died Friday, March 21, 1997 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 12, 1914, at Camden, Tenn., son of Nelson and Elsa Hope Allen. Allen was a retired railroad bridge builder for the Cotton Belt Railroad Co. at Malden. He attended the Free Trinity Pentecostal Church at Randles...

RANDLES -- Gilbert Allen, 83, of Randles died Friday, March 21, 1997 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 12, 1914, at Camden, Tenn., son of Nelson and Elsa Hope Allen.

Allen was a retired railroad bridge builder for the Cotton Belt Railroad Co. at Malden. He attended the Free Trinity Pentecostal Church at Randles.

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Survivors include two grandchildren, Thomas Moore Sr., of Randles, and Mildred Smith of Cape Girardeau; eight great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter and several brothers and sisters.

Friends may call at Amick Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee at 4 p.m. today. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Vester Keesee will officiate with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden.

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