Obituary: Clyde Allen Jr.

Clyde Calvin Allen Jr., 73, of Charleston, died Nov. 8, 2022.

A native of Newberry, he grew up in western North Carolina, graduating from Appalachian State University. After beginning a teaching career, he joined the Marines, and after a medical discharge he spent eight years as Quartermaster First Class in the Naval Reserve. During this time, he was called into the ministry and graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He served churches in Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama and Virginia as minister of education for 13 years before settling in Charleston, where he was a teacher and IT Manager for First Baptist School of Charleston for 26 years. He also served as interim pastor at several Charleston County churches.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Marianne Lofton Allen, three children, and two grandchildren.