Rev. Wade Ernest Allen

Dateline: McKenzie, Tennessee   Services for Reverend Wade Ernest Allen, Sr., 85, will be held Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 2:30 pm at Greater Enon Missionary Baptist Church on West Walnut Avenue in McKenzie with Reverend Doctor Christopher Johnson officiating.  Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery with Military Honors.  The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 25, 2017 from 1:30 pm until service time at the church.  Mr. Allen, a retired United States Postal Service (USPS) postal employee in New York City, New York, died Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Tennova Jackson Regional Hospital.  He was born on February 22, 1932 in McKenzie, TN to Booker T. and Emma Sparks Allen. He was a member of Greater Enon Missionary Baptist Church, a graduate of Webb High School in McKenzie, he served three years in the US Army during the Korean War, and was a former Councilman for the City of McKenzie.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Delores Allen who died in 2009, a sister Robin Allen and two brothers Jimmy Allen and Willie Allen.    Survivors include his wife Patricia Ann Allen of McKenzie, his step-mother Margaret Allen of McKenzie, his daughters Iris Victoria Allen of Queens, New York, Lisa Marie (Ken) Pasichnyk of Florida, Crystal Sade Fuller of Lavinia, TN, his sons Wade (Debroh) Allen, Jr. of Hollow Rock, TN, Douglas Leroy (Claudette) Allen of Gold Borough, NC, Michael (Emily) Eugene Fuller of McKenzie, three sisters Shirley (Ed Louis) Milton, Deborah Allen Quensinberry, and Sharon Allen Weatherford, two brothers Gene Allen and Stanley Allen all of McKenzie, 13 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.   Pallbearers who will be serving are Malick Allen, Darren Allen, Malcom Allen, Randal Yarborouh, Gene Allen, and Cedrick Edmonson.      Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  For more information please call (731) 352-4848 or visit www.brummittmckenziefuneralhome.com.