For the past several years, our Sun Lakes Sunday Music, Dinner and Dance Venue??had
the pleasure of listening and dancing to the music of Rags Allen and his band. So much so that Rags Allen became our “regular and personal” band for all the Sunday events. The name of Rags Allen had become synonymous with our Sunday family.
With great sorrow and sadness, I must relay the passing of Rags Allen. As most of you know, Rags had not been well recently and missed some of our recent Sunday events.
Jokingly, at the last event, I had mentioned that Rags and I had a conversation at 2:30AM in the morning the night he was discharged from the hospital. His reason for calling me was that he wanted to assure me that he will be back to play for us as soon as
possible and how much he loved our Sunday crowd. He promised to do the best he possibly could and not to worry.
I shall remember that conversation always, not just because it was our last and he was a great friend, but because his words were exemplary of a man dedicated to his
craft, commitment to his audience, and showed that he was just a tremendously decent and kind fellow. We shall all miss him!
When I hear of any news of services to be held, I shall let you know in another email.
MM-Mary Volberding