Allen Wayne Laden

Allen Wayne “AWayne” Laden, 27, of Vidor, died Wednesday, May 26, 2021. He was born on May 24, 1994, in Lumberton, to Tracy Porter Laden and Robert Allen Laden, and was a lifelong resident of Vidor. 

Allen excelled in school. He was an avid reader and a lifelong gamer and gambler. He enjoyed bodybuilding. Allen loved people and always had a smile. He was a carpenter and enjoyed working with his hands. 

Survivors include his grandparents, David and Susie Laden; fiancé, Sarah Renea Thompson; father, Robert Allen Laden; mother, Tracy Samantha Laden; brother, David Martin Laden and Briana Enderle and their children, Raelynn Hope and Axel Wayne; uncle, Juston Walker; aunt, Anna Cuyler Walker; cousins, Tiffany Carnahan and her husband, Josh and their children, Jaycee and Analee; Taylor Wayne Walker’s son and Allen’s namesake , Willian-Ambrose Alen Wayne Walker; uncle, John Martin Porter; adopted brother, Emery Michael Lewis; adopted sister, Randi Haire Crisp and nephew, Jax Charles Haire; Godparents, Wayne and Micki Phillips, and Brenda Butts Mongiello.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Allen Laden III; aunts, Janice Gillespie and Connee Porter; grandmother, Joyce Warron; great-grandparents, Allen and Lou Harris and Bettye and Bob Kane; and childhood friends, Chet Hamm.

Cremation arrangements for Allen were handled through Broussard’s Crematorium, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.