Ruel Clifton Allen, Sr., 59, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Born in Indianola, he lived in Bruce, where he was a self-employed truck driver. Some of the things he enjoyed were music, hunting, fishing and riding horses. He enjoyed life and was known as a jokester.
His funeral service was Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford with Fish Robinson officiating. Interment was in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Coleman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Candace Allen, Bruce; daughter, Tami (Nick) DiTomasso, Chicago, IL; two sons, Cliff Allen, New Site, and Wayne Allen, Grenada; his parents, Rankin and Marie Allen of Holcomb; three brothers, Randy Allen, Starks, LA, Kenny Allen, Brookhaven, and Darrell Allen, Chattanooga, TN; two sisters, Darlene Goss, Hollandale, and Debbie Miles, Jackson, TN, and a special friend, R. Cathy Conner, Oxford.
Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to the Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society, P.O. Box 1674, Oxford, MS 38655; Community Church of Oxford, 68 Hwy. 334, Oxford, MS 38655 or the VFW, P.O. Box 2505, Oxford, MS 38655.