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William “Bill” Ray Allen 1936-2023

June 23, 2023

William “Bill” Ray Allen, 86, of Ashland, Ky died Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at his home. Bill was born August 18, 1936 in Ashland, Ky a son of the late William Thomas “Tom” and Edna Mae Keeney Allen. Bill was a pressman for 45 years with the Ashland Daily Independent. He is preceded in death in addition to his parents by two brothers Ronald and Tom Allen. He is survived by his loving wife Joyce Ann Crockett Allen, a sister Joyce Compton of Nokomis, FL, and two sister in-laws Betty Clark and Sue Wallace, and a host of several nieces and nephews. Services for Bill will be conducted Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 1 PM at the Lazear Funeral Home Chapel in Ashland by Chaplain Jimm Smedley with burial to follow in East Carter County Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour before service time Saturday. Lazear Funeral Home is both honored and privileged to have been entrusted with the care of Mr. Allen.

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