Allen Wooten

This memorial website was opened to remember our dearest Allen Dale Wooten who was born in Jacksonville Florida on September 16, 1982 and passed away on September 22, 2005. He will live forever in our memories and hearts.
 

  ~WE ARE MISSING HIM SO MUCH~

~OUR ALLEN ENTERED INTO THIS WORLD ON SEPT. 16, 1982. HE WAS
TAKEN FROM US, SUDDENLY, ON SEPT. 22, 2005.  HE WAS ONLY 23. HE
WAS MY ONLY SON.  ALLEN WAS VERY LIKED FROM AN EARLY AGE.  HE
PLAYED BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL, MOST OF HIS YOUNG LIFE.  HE LOVED SPORTS,
HE  WAS A VERY BIG FAN OF THE FLORIDA GATORS AND THE JACKSONVILLE
JAGUARS.  ONE OF ALLEN'S  FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, WAS FISHING.  HE WAS
FISHING DURING HURRICANE RITA ON THE DAY OF THAT HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.~

~ALLEN WAS IN LOVE, AND WAS LOVED, VERY MUCH, BY HIS FIANCE, SIERRA
CASTANENDA.  HIS STEPSON, GABLE, WAS 5 YEARS OLD, AND WAS WITH HIM
IN THAT TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, THANK GOD, GABLE WASN'T INJURED.  GABLE
WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT INJURED OUT OF THE THREE  CARS INVOLVED
IN THE ACCIDENT.  ALLEN WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LOST HIS LIFE, THAT
TERRIBLE DAY....~

~ALLEN HAS TWO SISTERS, HEATHER AND CHELSEY. HEATHER WAS 16 AND CHELSEY WAS 13, WHEN WE LOST ALLEN. IT TOTALLY TURNED THEIR YOUNG LIVES UPSIDE DOWN, LOSING THEIR BIG BROTHER....THEY MISS HIM SO VERY MUCH....

~ALLEN ALWAYS HAD LOADS OF FRIENDS...WE WERE A BIT SUPRISED AT HOW MANY FRIENDS HE DID HAVE...THERE WERE AT LEAST 300 OR MORE AT HIS FUNERAL.  LOTS OF YOUNG COUPLES AND YOUNG FAMILIES...WHO ALL MISS HIM VERY MUCH...~

"SOME PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES AND QUICKLY GO.  SOME PEOPLE MOVE OUR SOULS TO DANCE, THEY AWAKEN US TO NEW UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PASSING WHISPER OF THEIR WISDOM..SOME PEOPLE MAKE THE SKY MORE BEAUTIFUL TO GAZE UPON.  THEY STAY IN OUR LIVES FOR A LITTLE WHILE, LEAVE FOOTPRINTS ON OUR HEARTS, AND WE ARE NEVER...EVER THE SAME."

....AUTHOR UNKNOWN

  ~ALLEN GRADUATED FROM ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 2000, WHAT A HAPPY DAY THAT WAS FOR HIM!!!  HE PLAYED BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AT WESTSIDE ATHLETIC ASSOC. HE WAS A PITCHER AND PLAYED FIRST BASE.  HE WAS A RECEIVER WHEN HE WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL...ALLEN WAS ALL ABOUT SPORTS, HE LOVED LIFE IN GENERAL...

~SPORTS RULE~

 ~MISSING ALLEN IS AN EVERYDAY THING~

~WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HIS LIFE WOULD HAVE ENDED SO SUDDENLY....I TALK ABOUT ALLEN EVERYDAY..AS IF HE WERE HERE...I MISS HIM SO MUCH....~

~ALLEN WAS ALSO A NEW DADDY, TO JORDAN ALLEN WOOTEN.  JORDAN WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD WHEN WE LOST HIS DADDY...JORDAN HAD JUST LEARNED TO GET UP ON HIS KNEES AND ROCK, NOT EVEN CRAWLING YET.~

~Sweet Memories~

~SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED~

"I CAN SHED TEARS THAT ALLEN IS GONE,
OR I CAN SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED,
I CAN CLOSE MY EYES AND PRAY THAT HE'LL COME BACK,
OR I CAN OPEN MY EYES AND SEE ALL THAT HE HAS LEFT US.

MY HEART CAN BE EMPTY BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE HIM,
OR I CAN BE FULL OF THE LOVE THAT WE SHARED.
I CAN TURN MY BACK ON TOMORROW AND LIVE YESTERDAY,

OR I CAN BE BLESSED FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY.

I CAN REMEMBER ALLEN AND ONLY THAT HE IS GONE,
OR I CAN CHERISH HIS MEMORY AND LET IT LIVE ON.
I CAN CRY AND CLOSE MY HEART, BE EMPTY AND TURN BACK,
OR I CAN DO WHAT ALLEN WOULD WANT:
SMILE~OPEN MY EYES~CONTINUE TO LOVE AND GO ON~
SMILE BECAUSE ALLEN LIVED,"

AMAZING GRACE

"AMAZING GRACE! HOW SWEET THE SOUND, THAT SAVED A SOUL LIKE ME I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW AM FOUND, WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE. 'TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEAR, AND GRACE MY FEARS RELIEVED; HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT GRACE APPEAR THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED! THROUGH MANY DANGERS, TOILS AND SNARES, I HAVE ALREADY COME; 'TIS GRACE THAT BROUGHT ME SAFE THUS FAR, AND GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME.. WHEN WE'VE BEEN THERE TEN THOUSAND YEARS, BRIGHT SHINING AS THE SUN, WE'VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING GOD'S PRAISE THAN WHEN WE'D FIRST BEGUN."