Lincoln-Jefferson County ArArchives Obituaries.....West, Martin M.  April 7, 1943
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Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff AR, 8 Apr 1943
Headline: Obituary – Martin M. West
Martin M. West, 75, resident of Pine Bluff for the past 25 years, passed away 
Wednesday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock at his home at Watson Chapel, following a 
sudden attack.  Mr. West had apparently been enjoying his usual health and his 
sudden death, came as a shock to his family and friends.  He was born near 
Albany, Miss., on October 25, 1967, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Clark 
West, pioneer residents of Mississippi.  Mr. West came to Arkansas with his 
parents when he was three years of age and made his home in Lincoln County 
until the fall of 1917 when he moved to Pine Bluff with his family. During his 
residence here, he has been engaged in the operation of a dairy and truck farm 
at Watson Chapel.  Mr. West was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church of 
this city.  He was married to Miss Americus Bailey at Star City on December 
24, 1889.  Mr. and Mrs. West celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on 
December 24, 1939.  In addition to his widow, he is survived by two sons, 
Orbie L. West of Pine Bluff and Melvin C. West of Altheimer; two 
granddaughters, Mrs. Austin Turner of Little Rock and Miss Imogene West of 
Altheimer; three brothers, Will West of Dumas, Horace A. West of McGehee and 
John West of El Dorado, Ark., and other relatives.  Funeral services will be 
held Friday morning at 10 o’clock from the Immanuel Baptist Church in charge 
of the Rev. Paul Aiken, the pastor.  Burial will be on the family lot in 
Hickory Grove Cemetery at Star City, in charge of Ralph Robinson and Son 
Mortuary.  Active pallbearers will be:  Jimmy Reed, Earnest Bush, Jesse 
Reynolds, Walter Dodds, Arthur Bailey and Carol Baxter of Pine Bluff and Opie 
Miller of Sherrill, Arkansas.  Honorary pallbearers will be: Ed West, W. H. 
Dowling, Dr. J. S. Spillyards, C. E. Gorman, Judge West, J. E. Glover, G. H. 
Wilson, Dr. O. W. Clark, W. C. McBryde, J. B. Tuttle and Abe Minsker of Pine 
Bluff, the Rev. Henry Spillyards of Malvern, Will Fish and A. O. Vick of Star 
City.   The body will be at the family home at Watson Chapel until funeral 
time.


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