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A 1970 graduate of The Citadel. He was a member of Tango Company of the Fourth Battalion. While a cadet he held cadet rank of Corporal, Staff Sergeant and Second Lieutenant. He was a member of the Rifle team, the Bond Volunteers, the Summerall Guards, and was the Assistant Editor of The Brigadier student newspaper. He also was a member of the Sphinx (yearbook) editorial staff. He was a member of the English Club, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Circle K Club, and was an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor (WSI). He participated in intramurals all four years. He was graduated with a degree in English. He was an Army contract cadet and attended The Citadel from his home town of Anderson, S.C.

Richard Kingsley “Dick” Allen, Jr., 68, husband of Debra Hooper “Debbie” Allen, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson, he was the son of the late Richard Kingsley and Mary Masters Allen. Dick was a graduate of The Citadel where he was a member of the Summerall Guards and later graduated the University of South Carolina School of Law. He was a Captain in U.S. Army. Dick was an Attorney with Allen & Eakes Law Firm and a member of the S.C. Bar Association. He had served as a Trustee at Anderson University. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Anderson where he was a Deacon and served as Chairman of the Pastor Search Committee in 1995 that called Dr. James R. Thomason as Pastor. Survivors include his wife, Debbie Allen of the home; three children, Richard K. Allen, III and wife, Leah of Greenville, Mary Allen Lowe and husband, Danny of Greenwood, and Jonathan Reed Allen of Batesburg-Leesville; four grandchildren, Daphney and Delaney Lowe, Emma Allen and Richard K. "Ford" Allen, IV; brother, Thomas M. Allen and wife, Susan of Anderson; sister, Ann Allen Rice and husband, Glenn of Batesburg; and his father-in-law, Alfred H. Hooper, Sr. of Anderson. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at First Baptist Church conducted by Dr. James R. Thomason. A private burial will follow the service. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 307 South Manning Street, Anderson, SC 29624 or Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621. Sullivan-King Mortuary served the family.