Arnold Waydell Allen, age 83 of Pleasant View, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 23. 2024 at Ascension St. Thomas West hospital in Nashville, with his family by his side.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o’clock pm, Monday, August 26th at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant view with Bro. Wayne Bess officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View United Methodist cemetery with Kevan Young, Bryan Adams, Royce Copley, Greg Allen, Barry Reeder, Ricky Felts, Kevin Balthrop, and Barry Allen serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Ronnie Balthrop, Steve Miller, and Rohney Boyd.
Visitation with the family will begin at 1:00PM on Monday until the hour of service at 3:00PM.
Arnold was born on October 24 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee to his parents, the late James Marvin and Dollie Mai Johnson Allen. He retired from the Service Merchandise Company after 30 years as Director of facility services. Arnold was ambitious and hard-working. He attended Nashville Tech and could do just about anything he set his mind to, including plumbing, electrical work, and tile work. He designed his own house plans. His favorite pastime and hobby was oil painting, and he has proven to be an outstanding self-taught artist. He was an avid fan of Vanderbilt football and NASCAR.
He was a member of Good Springs Free Will Baptist Church and currently attended Ashland City Free Will Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, and grandparents, Turner & Emma Harris Johnson, he is preceded in death by daughters, Regina Miller and Angela Adams; aunt, Mary Lee Ellis; uncles, J.B. Johnson, William “Bill” Johnson, Donald Johnson, and James Elmer Johnson.
Arnold is survived by daughter, Christie Michelle Palencia of Madison, TN; sisters, Marvelyn Allen of Brentwood, TN, Mary Elaine Reeder of Pleasant View, TN, Betty Gail (Ronnie) Balthrop of Ashland City, TN, Marvina (Kerry) Buuck of Forney, TX; brother, Barry (Lisa) Allen, of Wheeling, W.VA.; grandchildren, Brandy Copley, Kevan Copley, Leah Adams, Bryan Adams, Bridgette Kaitlyn Fuentes, Emily Jean Palencia, and Dylan Jordan Palencia; great-grandchildren, Royce Copley, Gracie Copley, Addison Young, Livy Young, Gavin Adams, and Oliver Mason Soto.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com
