 Whitesboro  James Ellis West 16 February 1906 - 3 March 1985 Dorothy E. West 2 August 1906 - 14 January 2002 wed 19 November 1930
The Whitesboro New Record March 7, 1985 Funeral services for J. Ellis West, 79, were held Tuesday, March 5, at Huff Chapel in Whitesboro. He died Sunday, March 3, 1985, at Medical Plaza Hospital in Sherman. Rev. Millard Fairchild of the First United Methodist Church of Whitesboro and Otis Proffitt, Church of Christ minister of Whitesboro, conducted the services. Burial was at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Huff Funeral Home. Mr. West was born February 16, 1906, in Whitesboro, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Ellis West. He married Dorothy Evelyn Casey on November 19, 1930 in Marrietta, Oklahoma. He was a farmer and a rancher and a member of the Westview Church where he had served as Sunday School Superintendent for several years. He was a former member of the Whitesboro School Board, Farmers Home Administration Committee of Cooke County, and Woodman of the World. Survivors include: his wife, Dorothy West of Route 1, Whitesboro; three sons, Jim E. West of Gainesville; Joe West of Whitesboro; and Max West of Madill, Oklahoma; a daughter, Lou McCorkle, of Whitesboro; a brother, Bill West of Whitesboro; a sister, Aleta West of Whitesboro; 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandsons, Jody West, Casey McCorkle, Ronnie Gregory, Carl Young, Grady Fails and David Colby.  Oakwood Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2018 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message |
