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Paul O'Neil Allison
August 7, 1924 - May 7, 2025
Service Date May 10, 2025
The family will receive friends 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Alcoa Maryville Church of God. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Paul Dyar, Pastor Nick Kevorkian, and Royce Donnell officiating. Burial will follow at Clarks Grove Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Topside Church of God in Louisville, TN, or Alcoa-Maryville Church of God in Maryville, TN.
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Paul O’Neil Allison, 100, of Friendsville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. He and his wife, Lucille, founded and operated Allison Craft Boat Company and Allison’s Catfish Restaurant. He was a gifted Artist all his life. His favorite pastime was building waterfalls and digging in the dirt with his Bobcat on the farm. He was preceded in death by the love of his life of 76 years, Lucille Allison, and parents, Rev. James and Ressie Allison. He is survived by his children: Darris (Nancy) Allison, Denise (Mike) Long, Danette (Steve) Clemmer, Donna (Donnie) Wormsley; grandchildren, Jessica (Jay) Cameron, Adam (Felicia) Long, Cody (Taryan) Long, Kayla (Jordan) Ridenour, Cale (Allyson) Clemmer, Josh Wormsley, and Allison Wormsley; great grandchildren, Annabelle, Cayden, Juliana, Joslyn, Ryan, Shepard, Wells, Landrie, and soon to be great grandson, Luke Stephen; also several nieces and nephew, as well as boat racing friends, and restaurant friends.