CROMWELL, Ky. — Leonard Hugh “Lenny” Allen, 80 of Cromwell, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born on June 26, 1945, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Hilbert C. and Luvenia Belle Sorrels Allen.
Mr. Allen worked as a heavy equipment operator at United Minerals Coal Mines.
Aside from his parents, he was preceded in death by six siblings, Deana Allen, Dumma Culbertson, Charles Allen, Lue Allen, WA “Drup” Allen, and Martha Sue Poor.
He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his wife, Elizabeth Spinks Allen, of Cromwell; two sons, Rick (Melissa) Allen, of Island, Kentucky, and Steven (Michelle) Allen, of Hartford, Kentucky; and three grandchildren, Katie Allen, Angel Casteel, and Dexter Hedges.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Keith Shephard officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Cemetery near Cromwell. Friends may visit with Lenny’s family from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be left for the family of Leonard Hugh “Lenny” Allen by visiting his memorial tribute at www.danksfuneralhome.com.