Mr. Carl Everette Allen

Carl E. Allen passed in his sleep on May 26, 2016. He was born in Four Oaks, NC on August 1, 1927. He was predeceased by his father James Lloyd Allen, his mother Ora Eason Allen Page, his step father, Branston Page, brothers, William Rose Allen, Roy Lee Allen and Sanford Thomas Allen, sisters Mabel Louise Blackburn and Mildred Grace Graves. He was a World War II veteran serving 20 years in the U. S. Navy from July 25, 1945 through May 16, 1965. He followed this with a second career in Federal Civil Service retiring again after 23 years of spectacular service traveling the globe with the Navy's on-site audit team. He was a member and Trustee of Riverside Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA where he served on many committees
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Clara Faw Allen, his brother James Lloyd Allen and sister-in-law Jewel Allen of Dunn, NC, two sons Paul Earl Allen and Douglas Gerald Allen, two daughters, Rachel Sara Allen and Darlene Elizabeth Reynolds and his "fifth child", Michelle Dillow Nutt. Five grandchildren and one great granddaughter also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 3, 2016 at North Beaver Baptist Church by Rev. Rick Miller. Burial will follow in Calloway Cemetery with military rites. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Special thanks are extended to Gentiva Hospice and Home Instead Senior Care of Virginia Beach for their loving and caring service through his illness.

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Badger Funeral Home was entrusted with Mr. Allen's arrangements.

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