Don Robert Allen was born May 24, 1933, in McAdoo, Floyd County.

Don retired after 28 years as an educator, mostly with the Mansfield school district. Don had ties all across Texas. He grew up in Carrollton and graduated from East Texas State University in Commerce. He served five years in the Army and was a retired, disabled veteran. He was also a Mansfield volunteer fireman for 10 years. He loved the land and people, especially his friends at the Bronco Cafe.

Most of all, he was a family man who loved all of his family.

There are no words to describe his goodness. It is impossible to list all the things he has done and all the people he has touched.

Survivors: Wife, Wanda Short Allen of Mansfield; son, Don Allen Jr. of Mansfield; daughters, D'Ann Allen Smith of Monahans, Donna Allen of Mansfield and Dana Allen Vaughn of Fort Worth; brothers, Drennon Allen of Burnet; sister, Yvonne Allen Fyke of Cumby; grandchildren, John Kershner, Amelia Kershner Chapa and William Allen, all of Mansfield; and great-grandchildren, Adrian Allen Chapa and Dillon, Emma and Isaiah Kershner, all of Mansfield.

Blessing Funeral Home Mansfield, 473-1555 Alton Baylor Jr. CLEBURNE - Alton Baylor Jr., 48, a mobile wash operator, died Friday, Jan. 9, 1998, in Ellis County.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at New Birth Church in Cleburne.

Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery in Cleburne. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral hom
 

Wanda Amelia Allen, 76, a wonderful, loving wife and mother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Service: 2 p.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home. Interment: Mansfield Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Blessing. Memorials: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jdrf.org, in lieu of flowers. Wanda was born in Paris, Texas, on Oct. 27, 1936, the daughter of U.L. and Rutha Short. She was director of Ogle School of Hair Design. She touched and influenced many lives both personally and professionally. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Don R. Allen. Survivors: Son, Don Allen Jr.; daughters, D'Ann Allen Smith, Donna Allen, Dana Allen Vaughn; grandchildren, John Kershner, Amy Kershner, William Allen, Andrew Allen, Kennedy Allen, Cole Vaughn, Archer Vaughn and Eric Castello; great-grandchldren, Emma, Isaiah and Grace Kershner, Adrian and Alexis Chapa and Hope Skinner; brothers, Kenneth and Jerry Short; numerous nieces and nephews.
Published in Star-Telegram on January 12, 2013

DON ROBERT ALLEN
US ARMY
KOREA
MAY 24, 1933 - JAN 14, 1998
HUSBAND FATHER & BEST FRIEND

Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas