FORT WORTH - Hawley Harrison Allen, 89, went to Heaven on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, surrounded by many of his 60 family members and loved ones.. Memorial service and pot luck lunch is 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at Christ Chapel Bible Church, 3701 Birchman Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76107.. Hawley was born Jan. 28, 1926, in Alto. He moved to Fort Worth as a 4 year old, was a paper boy at age 11, attended Paschal High School and then joined the U.S. Marine Corps to fight in World War II. He fought on many of the islands of the South Pacific (Saipan, Okinawa, Iwo Jima) and was among the first to land on mainland Japan after the war was won, traveling all over the southern part of the island looking for military installations. He lived to tell many sad and valiant stories of war.. Hawley was married to Katherine Brown, from Mansfield, and had five children. Upon return from the war, he was the head of the accounting department at Houston Fire & Casualty, and then in sales. He became a sales representative for the Independent Order of Foresters, where he formed many lifelong friends. He owned two thrift stores in Houston, a small lingerie company and a service directory company, which served many counties in Texas. At the time of his death, he had full documentation on starting several more businesses that he was interested in. Before Angie's List came on the scene, he had a full line up for "Service & Repairs" but didn't get to have it implemented. Her commercials would always give him slight grumbles, to say the least.. Hawley was tall with brown skin from his Cherokee grandmother, had the calm nature of his Scottish railroad man of a father, and could cook like his mother who prepared meals for cowboys on the wagon trains. He was a par golfer, could bowl a perfect game, a softball pitcher and loved boxing. He had standing seats to the Golden Gloves and to the Miss Texas pageant as well. He could always pick the winner!. He was a very interesting man who loved to tell stories, do pencil tricks and mind games. All of the businesses in his neighborhood knew him for his friendliness and looked forward to him coming in. He will surely be missed by all, but he lived a good life and we will all be better people for knowing him.. Hawley was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Carrie Allen; wife, Martha Cooke Allen; siblings, Hugh and Annie Mae Allen, Doris and Homer Pope, and Bernard Allen; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jim Henley; great-granddaughter, Autumn Allen; niece and nephew, Wanda Faye Stevens and Wayne and Anita Allen.. Survivors include his children, Linda, Terry, Gary, Russell and Christy and their spouses, Jim, Brenda, Linda, Elaine and Mike; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren along with their spouses. He was very proud of who they were and their beauty.. Greenwood Chapel