Dr. Burton Watson Allen of Dallas, Texas, died on September 19, 1955, in a local hospital. He was born in Edwardsville, Alabama on December 15, 1893 to Mr. and Mrs. James M.L. Allen. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, and graduated from Baylor University College of Medicine (Dallas) in 1931.
Following an internship at Providence Hospital in Waco, he began his medical practice in Dallas. After a brief stay, he moved to Mabank. In 1938 he returned to Dallas, where he was in active practice until the time of his death.
He was a member of the Dallas County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of General Practice, the Christian Church, and the Masonic Lodge. He married Miss Roberta White on June 16, 1918 in Mabank, Texas.
Survivors include Mrs. Allen, a daughter, four sisters and two brothers. His daughter is Mrs. Homer A. Taylor of Houston. His sisters are Mrs. Stephen Clay of Dallas, Mrs. Annie Sharples of Waco, Mrs. Mary Jo Haskin of Overton, and Mrs. Wade Pipes of Shodurant, Louisiana. His brothers are Cornelius Allen of Delhi, Louisiana and J. Alexander Allen of Choccolocco, Alabama. He also leaves two granddaughters.
+++ published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, November 1955. Transcriber
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