Betty Jean Allen's Obituary
Funeral services for Betty Jean Allen, 88, of Gilmer, will be held at 2 PM Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Longview with Bro. Mark Warren officiating. Mrs. Allen passed away peacefully on Saturday morning at her home surrounded by her family. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Allen was born on July 7, 1928, in Norphlet, Arkansas to Albert and Bessy Duplissy. Betty loved her family and loved taking care of them. She will always be remembered for her big heart and how she always put others first.
Her favorite past time was playing card games and dominoes with her family and friends. She loved to go to town and shop, and spent a lot of time going through sales papers and cutting coupons. She loved the simple things like, at a moments notice going to dairy queen and getting a chocolate covered ice cream cone. She love to go camping and fishing and in the last five years she became attached to her iPad where she could play many games and read her bible and books.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Allen; and her children, Bill, Randy, and Sherri Allen.
Those left to cherish her memory are her sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Pam Allen and Pat and Karen Allen; her brother, Gaylon Duplissy, Jr; 6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild; her daughter-in-law Brenda Coates; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Honorary pall bearers will be: Colton Hendrix, Dylan Fuller, Randy Fuller, Jacob Butler, Wayne Allen JR, Jason Allen, Robert Fuller, Jay Hendrix, Louis Hurtado, and Chris Requena.
The family would like to express a special thanks to Heart to heart hospice, her nurse, Robin, and Kelli who tended to her thought a lot of her.
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.
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