Services for Clayton Allen, of Sumrall, were 4 p.m. Saturday,May 3, at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia with burial inImprove Cemetery.

Mr. Allen, 72, died May 1, 2008, in Hattiesburg. He was a nativeof Belzoni.

He was a retired auto machinist. He was a member of ImproveBaptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents, William and EugeniaAllen.

Survivors are his wife, Ernestine Allen, of Sumrall; hisdaughters, Judy Boyd and husband Ed, of Brookhaven, and PhyllisFreeman and husband Pat, of McComb; his sons, Dennis Allen and wifeSharon, of Petal, and Bill Allen and wife Angie, of El Paso, Texas;his sisters, Nora Berch, of Hazlehurst, and Janie Dolan, ofPhoenix, Ariz.; eight grandchildren; and a number of nieces,nephews and other relatives.