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• Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  Bernice Payer
  Age 21, Birth Year abt 1920
  Residence Casscoe, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Spouse's Name Richard Allen
  Spouse's Age 30
  Spouse's Residence Gillett, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Marriage 16 May 1941 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 16 May 1941
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Bernice Allen
  Birth Date 15 Jul 1920
  165 Highway S, Gillett, AR, 72055
  3013 Highway 165 S, Gillett, AR, 72055-9753 (1986, 1996)
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Bernice P Allen
  Born 15 Jul 1920
  Died 15 Jun 2011
  Last Residence Gillett, Arkansas, Arkansas 72055
  SSN issued Arkansas (1956)
  
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  DeWITT - Nellie Bernice Payer Allen, age 90, died June 15, 2011. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church.
  
  She is preceded in death by husband, Richard Allen; parents, William and Ethel Payer; brother, Ernest Payer; sister, Ruby Fortune; and son-in-law, Don McSwain. Survivors include four children, Dickie (Judy) Allen, Ronny (Sherry) Allen, Carl (Glenda) Allen, and Judy McSwain all of DeWitt; two brothers, Leon Payer of Mabelvale, Billy Dean Payer of Stuttgart; four sisters, Ruth McGaughey of Casscoe, Lorene Leder, Edna Wright both of DeWitt, Dorothy Wilks of Hunter; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
  
  Visitation will be 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday evening at Essex Funeral Home. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Friday, June 17, 2011 at First Baptist Church with burial in Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens by Essex Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Repair Fund, 322 West 1st St., DeWitt, Ark. 72042.
  --  Arkansas Onilne Obituaries, Published 16 June 2011, http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/jun/16/obituaries-20110616/
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  Another version of her obituary was published on 17 June 2011 in an unnamed publication.  A summary transcribed by Ancestry.com might be of interest for reference.
  
  U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930 - 2015
  Nellie Bernie Payer Allen
  Death Date 15 Jun 2011
  Obituary Date 17 Jun 2011
  Spouse Richard Allen
  Parents Williams and Ethel Payer
  Children:
  Dickie (Judy) Allen, Ronny (Sherry) Allen, Carl (Glenda) Allen and Judy McSwain, all of DeWitt
  Siblings:
  Ernest Payer; Leon Payer of Mabelvale and Billy Payer of Stuttgart; Ruby Fortune; Ruth McGaughey of Casscoe, Lorene Leder and Edna Wright, both of DeWitt and Dorothy Wilks of Hunter

Sources

• 1. Obituary of Nellie Bernice Payer Allen, Arkansas Onilne Obituaries, 16 June 2011
• 2. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 3. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2