Obituary of Tobias Allen

TOBIAS ALLEN, BELOVED SON OF JANICE LOWE AND THOMAS REID DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 27, 2023, PEACEFULLY AT HIS RESIDENCE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. TOBIAS SPENT HIS YOUNGER YEARS IN THE CUSTODY OF HIS MOTHER JANICE LOWE IN VIENNA, VIRGINIA. AT THE AGE OF 4 HE WAS ADOPTED INTO THE CARE OF GLORIA 'BECKY' ALLEN OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA UPON THE PASSING OF HIS BIOLOGICAL MOTHER. HIS ADOPTED MOTHER GLORIA WANTED TO ENSURE TOBIAS MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH HIS BIOLOGICAL FAMILY. THUS, TOBIAS GREW UP BENEFITTING IN HAVING TWO BLENDED FAMILIES. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA RAISED ALONGSIDE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER TERRANCE TANNER AND NIECE CYNTHIA JACKSON WHO WERE CLOSE IN AGE WITH HIM. HIS SUMMERS AND HOLIDAYS WOULD BE SPENT IN THE CARE OF HIS GRANDPARENTS JOYCE AND RONALD HALL WHERE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS BIOLOGICAL SISTERS ALICIA FERGUSON, TIARA REID, AND EXTENDED FAMILY IN SURROUNDING AREAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. TOBIAS ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND GRADUATED FROM LLOYD C BIRD HIGH SCHOOL WHILE IN THE CARE OF LATISHA AND PHILIP MASON IN CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA. HE HELD ODD JOBS IN RESTAURANTS, LANDSCAPING, AND CONSTRUCTION AS A TEENAGER INTO HIS ADULTHOOD. TOBIAS LOVED TO SING AND OFTEN COULD BE FOUND AT LOCAL KARAOKE BEING CHEERED ON BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN MANASSAS, VIRGINIA. HE WOULD LATER TAKE AN INTEREST IN WRITING AND SHARED POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS WITH SELECT FAMILY MEMBERS. HE WAS A DEVOTED DALLAS COWBOYS FAN AND MAINTAINED HIS LOYALTY TO HIS TEAM EVEN AMID THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE WASHINGTON COMMANDERFANS. TOBIAS' GREATEST JOY CAME AT THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER LANA DOLLARHYDE-ALLEN. HE LOVED LANA DEEPLY AND TOOK PLEASURE IN KNOWING SHE RESEMBLED HIM APPEARANCE. TOBIAS LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE HE ENCOUNTERED WITH HIS AWARD-WINNING SMILE, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND KIND NATURE. HE WAS LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY. TOBIAS LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, DAUGHTER LANA DOLLARHYDE-ALLEN; FATHER, THOMAS REID; FOUR SISTERS, ALICIA FERGUSON, TIARA AND TYNISHA REID, AND TANISHA JONES; THREE BROTHERS HAROLD AND JAMAL REID, TERRANCE TANNER; TWO SISTER-IN-LAWS SHARAYE FERGUSON AND BRITTANY TANNER; ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW GORDON JONES; GRANDMOTHER MARY REID; GRANDFATHER RONALD HALL; ONE UNCLE, ANTHONY REID; ONE AUNT, RHONDA HALL; PARTNER, SYDNEY HOWARD; THREE GREAT-AUNTS, FANNIE THOMAS, MARGARET PENDLETON, AND DELORES BAILEY, TWO NIECES, BELLA REID AND CYNTHIA JACKSON, FOUR NEPHEWS AYDEN LOWE, DEMARION LOWE, DEION MCGRAW, AND MAJOR JACKSON; COUSINS; DERRICK LOWE, DANIELLE PERSON, AND LAWUAN WILLIAMS. PRECEDING TOBIAS IN DEATH ARE HIS MOTHER'S, JANICE LOWE AND GLORIA ALLEN; GRANDMOTHER JOYCE A. HALL;GRANDFATHERWILLIAM REID SR;. BROTHER JAMES ANDERSON; AUNTS, BRENDA THOMAS AND BARBARA PERSON; UNCLES, MYRON AND PAUL LOWE.