ALLISON, Earl Joseph - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Funeral services for Earl Joseph Allison, age 50, a resident of 716 Crocket St., and a former Covington businessman, who died at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., were held at 9 a. m. Monday at St. Paul's Church in Danville. He had been in ill health for some time and had previously been hospitalized. The last time he was a patient three days. Mr. Allison was born May 16, 1914 at State Line, the son of Charles and Etta Marie Worden Allison. He was married June 28, 1933 in Rensselaer to Helen Marie Rogers and she survives. He had been a resident of Covington for 31 years. He was presently employed as parts manager for the Interstate Sand & Gravel Co., of Covington. He drove a Covington School bus for 12 years and took the school's athletic teams on many trips. He operated a milk route for the Producers Dairy for 24 years. Later he and Earl Strawser built the Warren Dairy Queen, two miles west of Covington, and he operated it for about three years. He had operated The Club on the east side of the square, where the Wisdom store is located. Mr. Allison was a director of the Covington Building & Loan Co., for a number of years. He also was a member of the Fountain County Alcoholic Beverage Board and had served as its president for a couple of years. He was a graduate of Covington High School and while in school made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Massey. He was active for several years in the Covington Little League and he was an avid sports fan. He enjoyed bowling as well as other sports. He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Danville. Other survivors include: one son, Ken T. Allison of San Angelo, Tex.; one daughter, Mrs. Kay Downing of Seymour; two grandchildren, Barry and Carolyn Marie Downing; two half-brothers, Ernest and Robert Amos, both of State Line; one half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Inman of Williamsport Rt. 2; his stepfather, E. D. Amos of State Line; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Worden of Danville. He was preceded in death by one brother. Rosary was recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Henry Dersch, pastor of the church, officiated. Burial, with the Berhalter Funeral Home of Danville in charge, was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Danville, beside his father and grandparents.