Mark Allen, youngest son of Rex Allen Sr., dies at 52
wazzzy
The youngest son of Rex Allen Sr. died unexpectedly in his sleep last
week at his home in Santa Fe, N.M.
Mark Wayne Allen was 52.
Born June 1, 1954, in California to Rex Allen Sr. and Bonnie Linder
Allen, he was a radio personality in Tucson and in Denver. He leaves
his wife Diane, daughter Aimee, and son Lucas Rex Allen, all of Santa
Fe.
Allen is also survived by his mother, Bonnie, of Santa Fe, his
brothers Rex Jr. of Las Vegas, and Curtis, also of Santa Fe, and his
sister Bonnie of Nashville as well as several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service, followed by cremation, took place Saturday, Jan.
27, at the McGee Funeral Home in Santa Fe.
After the death of Rex Allen Sr. on Dec. 17, 1999, Mark was in
Willcox, with his sister and brothers, to spread his father's ashes in
a private service near his statue and the resting place of his horse,
Koko, in Railroad Park.
A public celebration with the Allen family, called a "Celebration of
the Life of the Arizona Cowboy," was held at Railroad Park on Jan. 8,
2000.
Brad Ferguson
wazzzy <enter...@gmail.com> wrote:
This piece presumes that people remember that Rex Allen was a cowboy
actor in B-westerns during the early 1950s. He's probably much better
remembered as a voice artist, and particularly as the narrator of many
of those Disney real-life films (e.g., "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar")
that were shown on the weekly Disney TV program. Rex had a great
voice. I'm not really surprised that his son went into radio.