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Submitted: 9/2/16 • Approved: 9/2/16 • Last Updated: 10/30/16 • R1153823-G1153822-S3
May 8, 1926 - Mar 13, 2014
Married William Jan 22, 1945
Ida Marie West, 87, of Conway, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 13, 2014. She was born on Saturday, May 8, 1926 in Conway, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Lee and Carrie (Watkins) Belk. She was preceded in death by two brothers, James and Robert Belk.
She was a member of Meadowlake Baptist Church in Conway. She was noted in the Library of Congress Personalities of the South, as the esteemed Faulkner County Jailer for twenty-two years. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and "Mema". Her grandchildren were the light of her life. She will be truly missed.
She is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, William D. "Bill" West of Conway; son, Jim West and wife Linda; daughter, Joan Sellers and husband Wayne; sister, Jewel Seay all of Conway; four grandchildren, Missy Ward and husband Bryan, Kandy Sellers, Michele St. John and husband David, Todd Sellers and wife Cristy; ten great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 17, 2014 at New Life Church of Conway with Pastor Darren DeLaune officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, great-grandsons, and family friends: Todd Sellers, Bryan Ward, David St. John, Kole Freyaldenhoven, Austin Miller, "D" DeLaune, Jerry Gross, Roger Mills and Tommy Robinson.
Honorary Pallbearers are Chris Sullivan, Rusty Parks, Jim Wade, Matt Lea, James Ward and Lance Woodcock.
Parents:
Robert Lee Belk (1890 - 1951)
Carrie E. Watkins Belk (1895 - 1973)
Siblings:
Robert Lee Belk (1915 - 1973)
Jewell Mae Belk Seay (1919 - 2014)
James Edison Belk (1922 - 1989)
Ida Marie Belk West (1926 - 2014)
Contributed on 9/2/16 by hawkinsdonna
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