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Submitted: 5/5/12 • Approved: 9/19/18 • Last Updated: 8/11/21 • R687969-G687968-S3
Sharon
July 4, 1942 - March 30, 2011
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Friday, April 1, 2011
FAYETTEVILLE — Sharon Jeanette West was called to her eternal home on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. She was born July 4, 1942, in Gravette, Ark., to Marion Reuben and Maxine Duncan Roberts.
She attended Gravette public schools and completed one year of business college in Joplin, Mo.
Jeanette married Al West on May 19, 1962, in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
She was the office manager for Bargo Engineering in Fayetteville for 29 years.
She was also active in various ministries of Women in the Church of the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA), having served as president. Jeanette was an avid collector of antique snack sets and glassware.
Mrs. West was preceded in death by her mother.
Survivors include her husband; her father; two brothers, Nelson Roberts and Bo Roberts of Gravette; two daughters, Shari R. Hawley and her husband, Martin, of Woodstock, Ga., and Mindy Hart and her husband, Robert, of Fayetteville; two grandchildren, Stephanie Hart and Robby Hart, both of Fayetteville; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Saturday, April 2, 2011, 3 to 5 p.m. at Westfield Chapel Funeral Home in Springdale.
The funeral service will be Sunday, April 3, 2011, 2 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville.
Committal service will be Monday, April 4, at 2 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gravette.
The family suggests memorials be made to Hope Cancer Resources at www.hopecancerresources.org; or Washington Regional Cancer Support Home at www.wregional.com/csh.
Online condolences may be made at www.westfieldchapel.com.
Alva
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS US Army
US Marine Corps
September 14, 1942 - April 25, 2016
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
MABELVALE — Alva Clarence "Al" West II, Outreach Pastor at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Bauxite (Sardis Community), Ark., passed into glory on Monday morning, April 25, 2016, aged 73.
Born to Jack F. and Mary West, he graduated high school in Goodman, Mo.
He earned his bachelor degree from John Brown University and worked many years in Northwest Arkansas.
Most recently, he and his wife, Nelda, worked as Hunger Sites coordinators with the Arkansas Baptist Convention.
Al devoted his life to bettering the physical and spiritual lives of others through hands-on leadership in both community and faith-based, organizations. His lengthy resume of humanitarian service included the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, FORGE and the Office of Human Concern.
Al was a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, last serving in the peace-keeping forces in Eastern Europe, retiring as a Sergeant First Class (E-7).
He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Sharon Jeanette West.
He is survived by his wife, Nelda West; daughters, Shari Hawley and husband Martin of Georgia and Mindy Hart and husband Robert of Fayetteville; stepson, Donald Lee Haynes of Prescott, Ark.; step-daughter, Terrie Slatton of Delight, Ark.; granddaughter, Stephanie Carpenter and husband Levi; grandson, Robby Hart; great-grandson, Jacen Carpenter; and sister, Deborah Wilson and husband Calvin of Missouri.
Funeral service will be Thursday, April 28, at 2 p.m. with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, the Rev. Rick Porter officiating.
Interment with Military Honors will be Friday April 29, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Hiwasse, Ark., the Rev. Martin Hawley officiating.
Online guestbook is available at www.griffinleggettforesthills.com.
Married May 19, 1962
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