Robert A. Allen

With profound sadness we announce the passing of The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Robert Anthony Allen, our loving husband, father, papa, and friend.
Robert entered the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 21, 2020 in Euless, Texas. He had just celebrated his 71st birthday on October 18th.
Robert was a little man who lived a big life, and loved meeting new friends – especially if food was involved. He made the lives of those around him better by working hard, and you always knew exactly where he stood in any situation, even if you didn’t want to. In the heat of a passionate debate, you could be sure those little sausage fingers would be vigorously pointing your direction, underscoring the seriousness of his point.
Robert met his best friend and life partner when he was just 18, and she 13. Never discouraged by Debbie’s repeat rejections to his many marriage proposals, he finally won her hand in marriage a few years later and on October 24, 1970 their adventure as husband and wife began.
Life moved fast over the next two years, taking them to Lake Charles, Louisiana for Robert’s first job in the oil and gas industry, but never quite as fast as the arrival of their son, Randy Lee, who entered the world a couple months early.
Three years later, Jennifer Marie arrived and their adventures as a family of four began. Following work opportunities to Jackson, Wyoming; Pasadena, Texas; and eventually back to DFW, Robert spent the majority of his career with Phillips Pipeline, working 25 years as the Fort Worth terminal manager.
Robert’s passion for life was evident in his many hobbies throughout the years such as flying planes, riding motorcycles (including an infamous trip to Sturgis), working on his property in Graham, collecting many, many guns, and shopping trips to Northern Tool and Harbor Freight where the employees knew him by name.
Graham, specifically, offered many stories for the family to pick on him about like learning peach trees are not as easy to grow as he thought, hay bales can catch on fire if you let them rub against the tires on your trailer, and your trailer can pass you on the road if you forget to hitch it properly and pull over to try and fix it.
But Graham was not the only home to his antics. He saved some of his smartest decisions for back home where he thought it made sense to pull a tree stump out of the ground with a 1983 Regal and instead, the tree stump pulled the bumper off the car.
Robert’s proudest accomplishment was his family. He never missed an opportunity to celebrate his grandchildren Madison, Grayson, Abigail, and Emily at school performances and sporting events. He loved supporting Grayson’s efforts restoring old tractors and recently became the newest owner of a fully restored 1941 Ford 9N tractor.
Robert was preceded in death by his mother Catherine, his father Garland, and his sister Cynthia.
Robert is survived by his wife Debbie, son Randy (Marci), daughter Jennifer (Billy), grandson Grayson, and granddaughters Madison, Abigail and Emily. He is also survived by his sister Lynda Thomas, his brother Adrian Allen and his sister-in-law Patsy Chappell.