James Howard Allred

Mr. James Howard Allred, 77, died Saturday, January 28, 2017, at CMC-Pineville.The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, January 30, 2017, at Wolfe Funeral Home and other times at the home of Kay and Ben Shaw, 1222 Legion Road in Fort Mill.The funeral will be held at Noon Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Fort Mill Church of God, with the Rev. Debbie Dyches and Mark Allred officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park-Cherry Road in Rock Hill.Born in Jamestown, Tenn., Mr. Allred was a son of the late William Garfield “Bill” Allred and Gladys Turner Allred. He retired from Siemans-Westinghouse and was a member of the Fort Mill Church of God. He loved spending time with his family and dirt track racing with his son, Mark, and fishing.Surviving are his sons, Paul Allred (Barbara) of York and Mark Allred (Birdie) of Indian Land; his daughters, DeVonda Shaw (Ben), Rita Chapman and Christie Tamez, all of Fort Mill; his brother, Jim Allred of Dublin, Ga.; three sisters, Glenna McCarter of York, Faye Collier of Indian Land and Judy Dorsey of Fort Mill; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Violet Lee McKinney Allred (2007).Read Obituary