Wilbur Clinton West

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Roller McNutt Funeral Home Chapel
1902 Highway 65 South
Clinton, AR  72031
Saturday, July 2, 2016
1:00pm
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Roller McNutt Funeral Home Chapel
1902 Highway 65 South
Clinton, AR  72031
Saturday, July 2, 2016
I served in the Navy.
Wilbur Clinton WestI am a Veteran.

of Botkinburg, AR

March 18, 1923 - June 29, 2016

Wilbur Clinton (W.C) West, 93 of Botkinburg died at home June 29 after a two week stay at the VA Hospital for a heart attack complicated by pneumonia. He was born March 18, 1923, in Christine, Texas- the second youngest of eleven children and the youngest son.

His parents, Samuel Sampson West and Ida Melinda (Chatham) West had migrated from Louisiana to Texas in a covered wagon with five little boys in tow. He served in the US Navy during WWII and met the love of his life while stationed in Great Lakes, Illinois. They married in Chicago in 1944 and moved to Red Hill in Botkinburg in 1951 where they bought a farm and proceeded to eke out a living and raise a family. W.C. operated a grade A dairy farm from 1959 to 1989 then ran The Side Pocket pool hall until his health began to fail in 2011. He was an outstanding high school athlete and played baseball in local leagues into his 60's. He coached boys' baseball- Buddy through Pony League when his boys were young. He seldom missed a baseball game on TV- especially the Cubs with ''Mama'' by his side.

W.C. is survived by his wife of 72 years Grace (Dublinski) West, daughters; Trudy (LD) Cox, Susan Weston, Patty West, Melinda (Dale) West- Carter, Sons; Clint (Ronda) West and John West, Grandchildren; Judy ( Vernon) Wells, Sally Perkins, Cheryl Ellis, Jeffrey (Jing) Krzeszinski, Adam Cheshier, Stuart Weston, Valerie West and Emily West, great grandchildren; Johnny (Joanna) Ohnmacht, Samantha Ellis and Jack Krzeszinski, great-great grandchild, Izabell Ohnmacht, an older brother Woodrow West of Texas, a younger sister, Alma, of California and many nieces and nephews.

There will be a visitation at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Roller McNutt Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm at the Funeral Home.

Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clinton, Arkansas.

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John JoJo Izzy
Russellville,
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Saturday, July 2, 2016

Rest in peace Grandpa. We love you. You will always be in our thoughts and prayers. You will always be remembered

Karla Smith Elliott
Bee Branch, AR
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Saturday, July 2, 2016

Prayers and kind thoughts for Mrs. West and her children. God bless you in all the coming days.

Janice West Ahrens
Kerrville, TX
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Saturday, July 2, 2016

Dear Aunt Grace and family,

We are so sorry to hear of Uncle Hicks passing and will keep you all in our prayers at this sad time. He always had a very special place in my Dad's heart even though they lived far apart. One of Daddy's favorite stories was on walking down a street in Australia during the war and who should he see, but Hick walking towards him. He said the previous time he saw him he was still a kid back home. He remembered it as a very special meeting for them both. I truly believe something like that happened this past week in heaven.

Love and prayers from Uncle Pete's family,
Janice & Ronnie

Jim Franks
Russellville, AR
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Friday, July 1, 2016

A very good man that loved sports and his family. He was very quiet so I didn't get to know him well. Clint, know we are thinking of you and your family. Your dad led a long and good life.
Jim Franks