CARLTON L. ALLEN


YOUNGSVILLE - Carlton Leon Allen, 60, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Oct. 5, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, with the Rev. Ron Wallace officiating. Burial followed in Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery.

He was born in Wake County, the son of the late Elizabeth Nancy Allen and Haywood Clarence Allen Sr. He was a truck driver for many years and was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Zebulon.

Surviving: a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Allen of Henderson; brothers, Haywood Clarence Allen Jr. (Linda) of Wake Forest and Larry Hayes Allen Sr. of Wake Forest.

Memorial contributions may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church, c/o Mary Allen, 5356 Pearces Road, Zebulon, NC 27597.