A celebration of life for Mr. Calloway Allen, sunrise, October 6, 1923, sunset, October 14, 2008, Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:00 p.m., Moses Missionary Baptist Church, 112 Walker Street, Augusta, Georgia, Reverend Willie A. Green, pastor, officiating

CALLOWAY ALLEN
PAINTING - STAINING - VARNISHING CARPENTRY - TILE - PLUMBING PHONE 722-1496 AUGUSTA. GEORGIA

PALLBEARERS

Bennie Allen, Jr. Bernard Allen Bruce Allen

Bobby Allen Marvin Allen John Bell

A Celebration ofLife for
Mr. Calloway Allen

Sunrise October 6, 1923

Sunset October 14, 2008

A CKNO WLEDGEMENTS
The Family wishes to extend our heartfelt appreciation for all expressions of kindness shown during the illness and passing of our loved one. Your prayers, phone calls, visits, food and cards helped to ease our sorrow. May God bless each of you is our prayer.

A SPECIAL THANKS
Dr. Benjamin Rucker, M.D.; neighbors of Cherry Avenue and the Eastview Community; the Moses Baptist Church Family; the Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church Family (Albany, GA); Mount Carmel Baptist Church Family (Charlotte, NC); and the many friends and relatives who provided assistance during his illness and our time of bereavement. -The Family
W. H. Mays Mortuary "Professional Service A Family Tradition Since 1922"
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:00 P.M.
Moses Missionary Baptist Church
112 Walker Street - Augusta, Georgia
Reverend Willie A. Green, Pastor - Officiating -

Obituary
CALLOWAY ALLEN embarked on his life's journey on
October 6, 1923, in rural Burke County, Georgia, the fifth of ten children bom to Melton and Ida Gray Allen. He lived at first on the Hickman Place, and moved to the Moore Place when he was about six years of age.
Mr. Allen was preceded in death by both parents, as well as his fearless and rambunctious brothers: James, John Willie, Joshua, Lee Hampton, Aszen, Napoleon and Bennie. Older sister Maggie Bell Allen Smith also preceded him in death. Only younger sister Ivory Lou Allen Burke of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania remains with us.
He was a man whose first love was work. He started on the farm as a small child, and later did odd jobs along with Joshua for pocket change. As a teen, he migrated to Savannah to work as a rip saw operator, and then served in Belgium and Okinawa as a member of the U.S. Army during WWII, where he qualified as a rifle sharp shooter. He began his career with the DuPont Corporation as a machinist in New Jersey during the mid-1940's. After returning to Burke County, he farmed and started his own taxi-cab service. He rejoined DuPont in 1954, when the company assumed responsibility for the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, South Carolina. He retired in 1986, having progressed from a janitor, to a painter, to a maintenance mechanic. Notably, he was among the early groups ofAfrican Americans selected as mechanic trainees, around 1968. He continued to do painting, and home and appliance repair work into the 2000's.
Mr. Allen was also a life-long church man, having been baptized at Gray's Grove Baptist Church, and was later ordained as a Deacon there. After moving to Augusta, he joined the Hale Street Baptist Church, and was a member of the Moses Baptist Church at the time of his death. In his introspective moments, he always reflected on how he didn't know how to plan his life, but that God did it for him.
He received his early education at the Gray's Grove School. It speaks volumes to his tenacity that as an adult he enrolled in the Lucy Craft Laney High School night program to earn his diploma in 1964.

He had many things of which to be proud, not the least of which was that he realized his dream of becoming a homeowner. He lived for fifty-three years in the home he personally purchased, re-designed and remodeled.
Survivors include Mrs. Sophia Helen Miles Allen, his wife of 48 years. One child was bom to this union, Janice Michelle Allen Jackson, of Charlotte, NC; she and her husband Joe have two children, Miles Louis and Caroline Michelle. "Granddaddy" loved them dearly. He always longed for the possibility of seeing Miles drive a Mustang, and of living long enough to watch them both graduate from college, though he knew those dreams were unlikely to be realized. He most wanted them to remember that he had been here on earth, and that he made a contribution. In addition he has one sister-in-law, Vivian (James) Miles Daniel of Washington, DC. A host of nieces, nephews, neighbors, church members, friends and former co-workers also cherish his memory.
Mr. Allen's nieces and nephews often reminisce about what a humorous and generous uncle he was. His acquaintances recall his remarkable skills in repairing anything and everything. Mrs. Allen remembers him as a good provider. Finally, as his daughter I harken back to his sayings:
"If you want your prayers answered, you better get up off your knees and hustle."
"Time waits for no man. If you are going to do anything, you better do it while you are young."
"A man can't do any more than what he thinks."
"You need that (referring to any purchase he deemed unnecessary) as much as you need a Boeing 747."
"You've got to be a man in this world."
Dad thank you for the lessons you taught me (and anyone else who was listening) through sayings such as these, and the life you lived. We will always love you.

Order OfService

Processional

Scriptures Old Testament New Testament

Rev. Ronald West, Sr. Rev. McDonald Williams

Prayer

Rev. Enoch Ward, Jr.

Selection Reflections

R. B. Bush Choir
Mrs. Gloria Allen Hampton Mrs. Agnes Carter

Solo Acknowledgements

Mr. Willie Abraham Miss Allison Holmes

Words Of Comfort Recessional Interment

Rev. Willie A. Green Walker Memorial Park

- Repast -
Eastview Community Center 644 Aiken Street