Ross Winchell Allen

Ross Winchell Allen, age 64, of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in Miami, FL. He was born May 2, 1943 in Leavenworth, Indiana. Ross served as a member of the Military Police in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea and St. Louis, MO. He received a bachelor degree from the University of Missouri where he was a member of Sigma Delta Pi Fraternity. He retired from McDonald-Douglas-Boeing after thirty years of service and retired to the Gulf Coast 1n 1999. Ross was a lifetime member of the VFW and was a member of the Moose Lodge in D'Iberville. He was preceded in death by siblings, Eula May Satterfield, Bob Allen, Neville Allen, Jim Allen; and a step-daughter, Donna Nevills. He is survived by his wife, Linda Shank Allen of Ocean Springs; two sons, Scott Allen and wife, Claudia of Miami, FL, Lonny Allen and wife Kim, and their children Jenna, Zachary, Jase, and Gavin Allen, all of Homestead, FL; a step-daughter, Dianne Zember and her children, Tanisha and Tina Zember, all of Ocean Springs; granddaughter, LaShay Nevills of Memphis, TN; a great grandson, Elijah Zember; two brothers Charles Allen and Ernest Allen and five sisters, Violet England, Beatrice McCormick, Wanda McKinley, Charlotte Denton, Patricia Brace, all of Indiana. Visitation will be held Sunday, September 9, 2007 from 6 until 9:00 p.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road in Gulfport. The funeral service will be Monday, September 10, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with interment to follow at Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens in Long Beach. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com