Obit., 1974, mid-Missouri newspaper; "Allen O. Bledsoe, 86, Belle, died Saturday (26 Jan 1974) at Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, where he had been a patient for the past three weeks. Mr. Bledsoe was born March 3, 1887, in Osage County, the son of Jeremiah and Susan Goodman Bledsoe. In 1911, he was married to the former Miss Mintie Oliver, who died may 16, 1952. On Oct. 24, 1953, he was married in Rolla to the former Alpa Lansford, who survives. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Belle. For 40 years he was a mining contractor for A. P. Green Refractories, Mexico. He was a former mayor of Belle and president of the Belle Builders. Other survivors include; one son, Willard M. Bledsoe, Eufaula, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Viola Lange, Belle; Mrs. Mabel Foster, Montgomery, Ala.; and Mrs. Nadine Baxter, Eufala, Ala.; 19 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Baptist Church, Belle, with the Rev. A. E. Davidson and the Rev. L. M. White officiating. Burial was in the Pilot Knob Cemetery near Belle."