B. J. Allen

Sept. 4, 1931~Nov. 26, 2017

Betty Jo (B.J.) Allen age 86 of Valley Mills, Texas, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at Providence Hospital. Memorial services will be held 10 A.M. Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at the Ridgecrest Retirement Center under the direction of Foss Funeral Home and Cremation Center.

B.J. was born on Sept. 4, 1931 in Union County Arkansas. She was the daughter of Jesse and Bertha (Gulley) Slaughter.  B.J. was a graduate of Texas Women's University in Denton.  While in college she entered a sweetheart contest where she met her husband Bob Allen who was serving as a judge.  She married Bob on June 26, 1953 in El Dorado, Arkansas.  It is said behind every good man is a greater woman.  B.J. was that woman.  She traveled with Bob as he worked as an engineer for International Harvester in Chicago and later for John Deere in Iowa.  The couple moved back to Valley Mills in 1984.  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and supported her husband in many civic activities.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Bob and her son James Lee Allen.

B. J. will be missed by a great multitude of friends.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Visiting Angels. Especially to Josie Venegas, Nancy Anderson, Mary Bell, Helen Lykin, and Beulah Houston.

Please join us in remembering B.J. by signing our guest book at www.fossfuneralhome.com