Thomas V. Allen Jr.

Published 10:13 am Friday, December 12, 2014

Thomas V. Allen

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Thomas V. Allen Jr. died Dec. 10, 2014, in Little Rock.

Dr. Allen was born Dec. 3, 1946, in Meridian and lived in Vicksburg 1948-1969. He graduated from H.V. Cooper High School, Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he was president of the student body. He was a gastroenterologist in Shreveport, La., for 27 years and lived in Little Rock and Castine, Mass., after his retirement.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frances Jamison and Thomas V. Allen Sr.

Survivors include his wife, Dianne Allen of Little Rock; daughters, Laura-Ashley Overdyke and Marguerite Holliday Allen, both of Shreveport, La.; five granddaughters; and two stepsons.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at St. Andrews Anglican Church, 8300 Kanis Road, Little Rock. A second service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at St. Marks Episcopal Church, 908 Rutherford Street, Shreveport, La.