Wolfe County News - Aug/Sept. 1963 JAMES ALLEN IS CLAIMED James Allen, Sr., 71, died enroute to the Maddox Clinic about 9 p.m. Wednesday of a heart attack. A native of Wolfe County, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Bryant Allen; three sons, Victor and James Allen, Jr. both of Campton, and Austin of Kettering, O.: two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Drake, Dayton, O.; and Mrs. Mayo Bowman, Union, O.; a brother, William T. Campbell, South Pittsburg, Tenn; two sisters, Mrs. Mayo Ingram of Campton, and Viola Cable, Oklahoma; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Campton Methodist Church Friday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. J.H. Burton officiating. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery under direction of Shackelford Funeral Home. Bearers were Bill Jeff Brewer, Omar Catron, Bill Dunn, Charlie Murphy, Hendrix Allen and Orville Boothe. Honorary bearers were O.H. Miller, Jim Brown, Curt Byrd, Steve Rose, D.C. Tolson and Riley Harris. Carole Note: This is my grandfather, s/o Keene Ellington Miller and Amelia Catherine Allen. He died Aug. 28, 1963. Grandpa didn't have any whole brothers and sisters. William and Mayo were children of Amelia Catherine Allen and Thomas Campbell. Viola was the daughter of Keene Ellington and Malvra Miller.