{"id":3305,"date":"2016-12-31T09:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T15:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2017-02-03T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T15:27:16","slug":"3305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3305","title":{"rendered":"Willie P. Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Allen-Willie-P-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3306\" title=\"Allen, Willie P.\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Allen-Willie-P-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Allen-Willie-P-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Allen-Willie-P-2.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>William Perkins Allen, age 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 31, 2016 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u00a0 Willie was greatly known for his smile, gentleman mannerism and kind spirit.\u00a0 He was loved by many and usually his conversations ended with \u201cGod bless you!\u201d Willie was born in Knoxville, TN on July 26, 1921 to Rev. Charles and Emma Allen.\u00a0 Willie was a member of the Church of God in Christ. He was preceded in death by his siblings: Rosa May, Booker, Charles and Emma Pauline. He is survived by his devoted sister-in-law\/caregiver Carol Allen; his COGIC church family; nieces and nieces: Roxann (Richard) Asbury, Antonio (Tony) Angela, Antonette, Andrea, Vinette, Alexander (Sandy) and Audriana, all of Ohio, and Christina Grant of Knoxville, TN.\u00a0 Willie\u2019s special care over the years was provided by the Staff of Fort Sanders NHC and The Caris Hospice teams.\u00a0 A great \u201cThank You\u201d is given to all those who shared in his loving care and support. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm, with the Celebration of Life to follow at 6:30 pm, in the William V. Powell, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Unity Mortuary, with District Superintendent Phillip Hamilton, Sr., officiating.\u00a0 The final resting with be held at Highland South Cemetery on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 12:00 pm. Services will conclude with a white dove release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3305\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>William Perkins Allen, age 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 31, 2016 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u00a0 Willie was greatly known for his smile, gentleman mannerism and kind spirit.\u00a0 He was loved by many and usually his conversations ended with \u201cGod bless you!\u201d Willie was born in Knoxville, TN on July 26, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3308,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}