George P. West

GEORGE P. WEST, 80, OF 120 SOUTH LAND STREET, HARRISBURG, IL DIED WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6, 2010 AT 2:15 PM AT HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY JANUARY 10, 2010 AT 2 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY AFTER 12 NOON. REVEREND LEROY HICKS WILL OFFICIATE. CREMATION WILL FOLLOW AND BURIAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1929 IN STEVENSON, AL TO THE LATE RANDALL CLAY AND LONA MAY (STEEL) WEST. HE WAS A RETIRED HAIRDRESSER. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE IS SURVIVED BY 9 CHILDREN: WILLIAM WEST OF HARRISBURG, IL; KIRK WEST; CRAIG WEST; LORI WEST; MIKE WEST; SUSAN TOLSTYKA AND ANGELA PYLE ALL OF MICHIGAN; JAN GARDNER OF TENNESSEE AND JOSEPH WEST OF CALIFORNIA; A SISTER: SHIRLEY ELLIS OF MICHIGAN AND A BROTHER: ALBERT WEST OF TENNESSEE; SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER: H.B. WEST.