In Rememberance of Allen Bullard

   Allen graduated from Little Rock High School in 1944. He attended LSU and then entered the Navy in May 1945. There he served as a chaplain’s assistant in World War II and in the Korean conflict. In 1950, Allen graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. During college, he made lifelong friends through his Kappa Sigma fraternity.
  

 In the early 1950s, Allen started his own company as a manufacturer’s representative in the heating and air conditioning industry, a career that spanned a period of 42 years. He loved his job and made many friends and associates along the way, all of whom respected and admired him for his integrity, kindness and excellent service to his customers.

   During adult life and after retirement, Allen and his wife traveled extensively throughout the United States and much of the world. Allen was also a very a faithful and loving member of First United Methodist Church, serving as Chairman of the Board of Stewards and as a loyal and beloved member of the Chancel Choir. During retirement, Allen enjoyed tutoring children at STEP, a church-based ministry, and at Forest Park Elementary School. He was also an accomplished clarinetist and enjoyed playing and singing at the piano for his family and friends.

 
   Allen touched the lives of all persons he came into contact with through his genuine interest in them and his wonderful, disarming sense of humor. He will long be remembered by hundreds of children (and their parents) for the phone calls he made as “Santa” calling on Christmas Eve night.

   Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Betty Ann; their children, Katherine Melhorn and husband Johnson, Eleanor Pella and husband Peter, Will Bullard and wife Ellen, Jeff Bullard and wife Cynthia, Phillip Bullard and wife Brandi; and two sisters, Margaret Baker and husband Rodney, and Marie Chandler and husband Joel. Allen also leaves four grandchildren, Henry and Helen Melhorn, Sadie and Hannah Bullard; and many nephews and nieces.