James Wildman Allen

James Wallace (Wildman) Allen, age 46, a resident of Cleveland, passed away on December 22, 2006 in a local hospital. He attended Cleveland Cornerstone Church. He was employed with Jackson?s Manufacturing Company Plant #4. He was preceded in death by his mother, Cora Lee Blackwell; brother, Ricky Allen; sister, Sherry Gail Allen. He is survived by his parents, Lawrence Blackwell of Cleveland; wife, Kathy Allen of Cleveland; children: Kenneth Allen and Candy Allen of Etowah, Christopher James Allen of Cleveland; Whitney Montea Allen of Pigeon Forge; Tasha Bullard, Jesse Bullard all of Cleveland; grandchildren: Austin Allen, Chace Allen, Tristen Allen, Jaelen and Emilee Allen; sisters: Vicky Wright, Wanda Carlton and husband, Joe Carlton, Mary "Peanut" Choate and husband, Terry Choate, Debbie McCann and husband, Max McCann all of Cleveland and Denise Howard and husband, Jeff Howard of Birchwood; brothers: Freddie Hines, Scottie Hines and Shane Allen all of Cleveland, Jamie Cook and wife, Carol Cook of Fort Walton Beach, FL, Jason Cook of Tullahoma, TN; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2006 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Herb Conley and Pastor John Bivens officiating. Interment will follow in Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with a white dove release ceremony concluding the service. Steve Cantrell, Anthony Floyd, Todd Deluca, Wayne Smith, Michele Grady, Paul Brown, Thomas Brown, Larry Burris and Tim Burns will serve as pallbearers. His family will receive friends from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.