Broughton Eugene Allred of Pell City passed away at the age of 92 of natural causes after an extensive stay at East Glen Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Broughton was born in Piedmont, Alabama to the late William and Pearl (Garrett) Allred. He was a graduate of Piedmont High School. He hitchhiked to Birmingham with his best friend Guy Brown. He was employed by the A&P grocery store working as a meat cutter in Pratt City and later as Meat Market Manager in Wylam. Hoping to better the financial future of his family he took a leap of faith and entered the life insurance business as an agent and eventually became a successful General Agent for the Liberty National Life Insurance Company. He was married to the late Mary Elizabeth Findlay with whom he raised four children, Susan Poer, James Allred, Martha Lockridge and Marguerite Staton who survive him along with 7 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Lt Colonel W.M. Allred and Willie Mae Pruesser. He is survived by his sister Martha Jean Coley.
Graveside services will be held at Piedmont Memorial Gardens at 1:00pm on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
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