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Ocea Mae “Buzz” Woodall Allen

25 Feb 1928 – 24 Nov 2013

Birth25 Feb 1928
Death24 Nov 2013
Added byCynthia Reed on 04 Jan 2026
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Mrs. OCEA MAE (WOODALL HUDSON) ALLEN was the daughter of Boyd Woodall Sr. and Mrs. Cassie Viola (Griffey) Woodall. Obituary Ocea "Buzz" Mae Woodall was born at 5 a.m. on February 25, 1928, in Crandall, Texas, the daughter of Boyd Woodall of Fairfield, Texas, and Cassie Viola Griffey. Her father farmed and was a Baptist minister and member of a local orchestra. Her mother was a housewife and played piano. The family moved to the Plano, Texas, area when she was a year old. Her mother died in June of 1931. Ocea first attended Bethany School when she was four years old through third grade. When the school closed, she attended Plano schools. After graduating from Plano High School in 1944, she boarded a train to Key West, Florida, where om early 1945, she married Jack Wilson Hudson. They had a son, Jack Wilson Hudson Jr. who was born and died on December 10, 1945. At the end of World War II, they settled in Plano, and thereafter, they had two more children, Jaquine, who was born in 1947, and Cynthia Joette, who was born in 1949. Moving to Waco in 1953, Ocea attended classes at Baylor, and she worked in the accounting office, starting the first Credit Union at Baylor. Patti was born in 1954, and then Melody Lynn in 1958 and Celena Dawn in 1959. In July of 1962, she divorced and moved to Plano. It was there she met Alex W. Allen. They married September 14, 1962. Their son, Alexander "Zandy" Allen Jr., was born in 1963, and their daughter, Mary Pat Allen, was born in 1964. Ocea designed and made fashions for Barbie, selling them at craft shows in the Plano area. In her lifetime, she met architect Frank Lloyd Wright, actor Charlton Heston, and she received personal correspondence from painter Norman Rockwell, and met the cast of the television show, Dallas. She saw Elvis, Ray Charles, and Roy Orbison in concert. She was a 20-year member of Daughters of the American Revolution. Ocea was an amazing mother and wife -- her heart full of love for all her family. She devoted her life to her adoring husband, Alex, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ocea died November 24, 2013, in Norman, Oklahoma, following a brief hospitalization, to the sounds of Amazing Grace . She is survived by her son and six daughters; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren (who called her Great). Her grandson, Paul Littell, preceded her in death. Arrangements for Mrs. Allen have been entrusted to the care of Primrose Funeral Service and Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Source Obituary Released by Primrose Funeral Service of Norman, Oklahoma {abridged for protection of privacy}

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