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Notified of PE teacher, track and football coach, and Athletic Directory Stuart Allen's passing by classmate Donnie Brown.
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STUART ALLEN OBITUARY
Stuart B. Allen WINCHESTER, VA - Stuart B. Allen, 89, of Winchester, VA passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at The Willows due to Alzheimers. He was the son of the late Alexander Allen and Florrie Edwards Allen of Richmond, VA. Mr. Allen was a teacher/coach at John Handley High School from 1971 until 1990. Before that, he was a teacher/coach at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, NC and Spotsylvania High School, Spotsylvania, VA. He was also the pool director at Stonebrook Swim and Racquet Club of Winchester from 1974 until 1994. His awards for excellence in coaching were, 1970 NHS-ACA Track Coach of the Year; 1971 NHS-ACA Distinguished Service Award; 1975 VHS League Walt Carmack Award; 1996 Emory & Henry College Sports Hall of Fame; 1995 John Handley High School Sports Hall of Fame; 2008 NCHS AA Sports Hall of Fame and in 2009 the track at Myers Park High School was named for him. Mr. Allen was a graduate of Emory & Henry College Class of 1950 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. During World War II he served in the Merchant Marines. Upon graduating from Emery & Henry College, he served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. Surviving are his wife, Jean Whitehouse Allen; two daughters, Leslie Allen of Winchester and Alexis Allen Sherrill and her husband James of Fredericksburg and a son, S. Bruce Allen and his wife Betty of Winchester. Private interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA. Memorials may be made to Adult Care Center, 411 N. Cameron Street, Winchester, VA 22601. Arrangements are by Phelps Funeral & Cremation Service, Winchester. www.phelpsfunerals.com
Published by Charlotte Observer on Nov. 29, 2014.
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Donnie James Brown Jr
Coach Allen was one of several great coaches at Myers Park. I was lucky to be on the track team. When traveling to a meet the MP track team would get off the bus, walk to the track in those baggy cotton gray sweats and you would see heads turn. It was as if to say whow there's Myers Park. You see Coach Allen built a NC track & field dynasty from the late 1950's to the early 1970's. Of the 16 years he taught & coached, the Myers Park track & field team won 11 NC 4A State Championships.It was fitting MP named the track after Coach Stuart B. Allen.