KNOTT - Donald Eugene Allred, 98 of Knott, died Oct. 29, 2021, in Big Spring.
Funeral services were Nov. 2, at Nalley-Pickle and Welch Rosewood Chapel. Interment with Army Honors followed at Trinity Memorial Park.
He was born Aug. 31, 1923, in Knott, to Effie May Shortes and John Allred. He married the love of his life, Hazel Harland, in Big Spring in 1942. He served in the United States Army Infantry during World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He returned to Howard County and Knott, after the war to farm until his retirement. He briefly worked in the oil filed during the 1950s after the drought came along.
He is survived by one daughter: Don Nell Herm and husband, Eddy, of Ackerly; three grandchildren: Michelle Zant and husband, Scott, of Ackerly, Deanna Thurman and husband, Colby, of Big Spring and Eric Herm of Ackerly; and seven great-grandchildren: Ethan and Preston Zant, Karlye and Dylan Weaver, Jacqueline Belew, and Wyatt and Donovan Herm.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Allred; his parents; one son, Jerry Dwaine; and two brothers: Cecial and Reedy.
He was a lifelong member of the Knott Church of Christ, where he served as an Elder and Bible School Teacher.