Allen Rudolph Page

Allen Rudolph Page, 71, of 6171 NC 700 in Eden, passed away early Saturday morning at Morehead Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 11, 2010, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Allen was born in Mayfield, N.C., on March 4, 1938, to the late Lloyd and Daisy Stewart Page. Allen was retired from Dupont in Martinsville. Allen was also a policeman in Draper before Dupont and after retiring from Dupont, he drove a school bus for the Rockingham County school system. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958-1964 and then the Army Reserve. Allen was a member of Willis Memorial Baptist Church in Cascade, Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Gail Murray Page, of Eden; daughters, Sheila McArthur and husband, Bret, of Palm Coast, Fla., Debbie Hutchinson and late husband, Tim, of Eden and Tish Wells and husband, Chris, of Elon; brother, David Page of Ruffin; sisters, Shirley Hyler of Danville, Linda Richardson of Jamestown, Nancy Raines and Carol Page, both of Eden; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two step daughters, Alicia Robertson and Missy Hogan and four step grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. A visitation will be held on from 6 until 8 p.m. on Sunday evening at the funeral home and at other times at the home of his wife, Gail, at 11800 NC 87 in Eden. On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.fairfuneralhome