William "Bill" Allison
June 21, 1944 ~ February 25, 2019
William "Bill" Allison, Jr., age 74, of Neches, went to be with the Lord on Monday, the 25th day of February, 2019, at Christus Louis and Peaches Heart Hospital in Tyler. He was born on the 21st day of June, 1944, in Abilene, Texas, to William H. Allison, Sr. and Opal Kimbrel Allison. Bill worked for Mobil Pipe Line for forty years. After retiring, he and Bonnie bought a R.V. and traveled the country seeing 48 states and Canada. He enjoyed the outdoors, working with his hands and taking care of God's animals. His family was the center of his life, especially his grandsons. Bill loved music of all kinds and had an amazing voice. In his earlier years, he served as the choir director at the Wesley Emhouse Methodist Church. When he sang "How Great Thou Art", you never forgot it. Not only was Bill strong, loving, and protective, he had an incredibly funny, witty sense of humor.
He is preceded in death by his father, William Allison.
Bill is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Bonnie Sunderland Allison; mother, Opal K. Allison of Abilene, Texas; daughters, April Sikes and husband John of Frankston, Texas and Amy Lea Raglin and husband Tommy of Gunter, Texas; sister, Shirley Bland and husband V.A. of Abilene, Texas; grandchildren, Taylor William Raglin and Jacob Alton Sikes; honorary granddaughter, Kailyn Simmons; and one niece, Donna Fernandez and husband Rudy.
Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Bill during a reception to be held from six o'clock until eight o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 1st day of March, 2019 in the Reflection Room of Rhone Funeral Home.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family has asked that memorial contributions be directed to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 841125, Dallas, Texas 75284-1125.
Memorial services for William "Bill" Allison, Jr. are in care of Rhone Funeral Home, 3900 S. State Highway 19, Palestine, Texas.
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park host bill i had some good time working. with you and bonnie and the state park crew this 900 you will be missed buddy.thanks alot from earl vanzandt
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My heart is with your family! We rejoice with you in the heavenly places!
Tom & Chandra Watson
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So sorry to all the family. Prayers to all. Love Aunt Jan
So sorry for everyone’s loss and hope he rest in peace . Prayers going out to all the family..
PRAYERS GOING OUT TO THE FAMILY
April,
Your dad must have been an amazing man to have a daughter like you. I’m sorry for your loss.
Love and tears,
Kay Bellar
I did not know Mr. Allison, but I send my deepest sympathies to his family and all his friends.
I am deeply sorry for your loss. May the god of comfort be with your family during this time. Revelation 21: 3 and 4 foretells of a future time when death will be no more and we will be reunited with our loved ones. Your family will be in my prayers.
We thank Bill for his years of service to our former piece of Mobil history. He was an awesome guy!ÂÂ
I will be thinking and praying for Bill’s family, he was a good friend, coworker and helped me many times over the years at Mobil/ ExxonMobil. I know he will be missed by all who knew him.
A Tropical Dish Garden with Fresh Flowers was sent on February 27, 2019
0ur condolences and prayers to Bonnie, April, Amy and their families, also Bills mother Opal and sister Shirley. Bill was a great friend and co-worker. He will be missed by all of us.
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Cherish the sweet memories and celebrate Bills life. We are thinking of you all. May you be peaceful and strong. Love, Jennifer, Jarrod and Sarah
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An A Garden Path was ordered on February 28, 2019
To Bill, you were a great guy, great co-worker and better yet a great mentor to me. The pipelines and pump stations we built, reversed, expanded, repaired and everything else to keep the pipelines going 24/7 over the decades working together in the Dallas, Kalamazoo and Corsicana regions are some of my dearest memories. Some of us gave you the loving nick name of “huff & puff” because you knew the right way to do things and you wouldn’t put up with folks who didn’t.  No one knew your stuff better than you did and it’s why everyone in the company always came to you for the advice they needed. We’ve really missed you in the 19 yrs since the merger and know to this day no one has ever been able to replace you. I hope to see you again some day my friend.
To the family, Bill talked about you guys all the time and there was never a doubt he always held family first and foremost. But we loved him too at Mobil and thought of him as family too. I and all the heritage Mobil folks still here at ExxonMobil are sorry for your loss and ours. We are glad he got to spend some time in retirement with his family because it seems nowadays so many folks don’t. Our thoughts and prayers are with you guys.  ÂÂ
As a former co-worker and employee of MPLCo. Bill was a good friend and mentor. My sincerest condolences go out to the family.
Prayers for comfort of the Family during in Jesus name and Gods Holy bring comfort during this period in your lives. Bill was a great person and well like in the Mobil Pipeline Family. God Bless EACH of you, regards Doc Hawthorne Hertiage Mobil PipelineÂÂ
Sorry for your loss! Praying for the family.