Not many neighbors in Pineville have spoken with Doug Allen, but many can say they’ve had a positive interaction with the man who never leaves home without his American flag.
“Never had a conversation. I just wave, and you know, I just smile,” said Marlow Metcalf, a volunteer board member with Pineville Neighbors Place. “He makes me smile just knowing he’s out and about living his life here in Pineville.”
Neighbors like Metcalf became worried when they saw his electric wheelchair overturned last Wednesday…