Paul Hollis Allred

OBITUARY Paul Hollis Allred NATCHEZ-Services for Paul Hollis Allred, 87, of Natchez, who died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, at his residence, will be at 11AM on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 at the Natchez Church of God on McNeely Road, with the Rev. Brian Wade and Rev. Brian Moynehan officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Young�s Funeral Home, Ferriday. Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 from 5:30PM til 7:30PM and Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, from 10AM til service time of 11AM at the church. Mr. Allred was born March 23, 1932, in Little Spring, Mississippi, the son of William Hosea Allred and Lillie Freeman Allred. Hollis graduated from Meadville High School in 1951. He was president of the senior class. Hollis became a Christian at age 17 and a member of the Byrds Chapel Church of God in the Berrytown area of Franklin County. In 1953, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served two years. He married Mary Frances Byrd in 1953, and they celebrated their 66 th wedding anniversary in June 2019. Hollis was an independent insurance agent until his retirement, and a long-time member of the Natchez Church of God. Hollis served as a volunteer chaplain at Parchman Prison, visiting the prison every month for 20 years. He also held regular services at the Adams County and Natchez jails. Allred was preceded in death by his parents, his three sisters, Myrtle Holland, Maggie Holland, and Pearl Holland, and two brothers, Clyde Allred and Bobby Allred, and by his son-in-law, Ronald Smith. Survivors include his wife, four daughters, Dani Smith of Nashville, Tennessee, Marilyn Leggett and husband Travis of Natchez, Ginger Ellis and husband Charlie of Shaw, Mississippi, and Lori Wade and husband Brian of Loxley, Alabama; two grandsons, Caleb Allred Wade and Dylan Thomas Ellis, and four granddaughters, Miranda Seyfarth, Jessica Michgelsen, Madelyn Schellang, and Morgan Kilpatrick; and six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Kathryn Seale, and a number of nieces and nephews. Special �sons� are Bobby Moore, James Black, Doug Fisher, Harold Poole, Brent Adkison, Rodney Pollan, and Shane Pollan. Pallbearers will be Kelly Elveston, Mark Ensminger, Buz Craft, Brad Seyfarth, Brad Smith, Ben Wroten, and James Young, The family wishes to thank the sitters that cared for him in the last months of his life: Talesia, Brenda, Tina, Shont�, and Melva. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Church of God Men and Women of Action (1510 Stuart Road NE, STE 209, Cleveland, TN 37312 or https://cogmwoa.org/donate).

Paul Hollis Allred

March 23, 1932 - October 6, 2019