General Information

Birth
15 NOV 1919
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
21 JAN 2005
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
24 JAN 2005
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Mary Julia (Judy) West, age 92, of Prairie Grove, passed away March 24, 2018, at her home on the West Farm hilltop. She was born March 25, 1925, in Morrow, Arkansas, the daughter of Samuel and Eva Lena Knifley Cole. Judy attended school in Morrow before later attending and graduating from Cane Hill High School. She attended St. Mary’s Nursing School and worked as a registered nurse upon her graduation.

Judy married Frank Elton West on August 30, 1947. Frank and Judy had four children, Danny, Gary, Donna and Randy.

Judy is preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank West, son Gary West, and brothers Otho Cole and Sam Cole, Jr.

She is survived by three children, son Randy and wife Cheryl West of Prairie Grove, son Danny and wife Carolyn West of Baxter Springs, Kansas, and daughter Donna and husband Mike Bond of Prairie Grove; 10 grandchildren, Don West, Jacqueline Meirink, Adam West, Daniel Bond, Carrie Bond, Natalie West Bartholomew, Lindsay West Kennedy, Cathy Edens, Heather Swain, and Angela Gross; 15 great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Judy enjoyed living on the hilltop that overlooked the West Farm and Prairie Grove. She dearly loved having her grandchildren visit, and she enjoyed spending time fishing at the farm pond. In the 1980s, Frank and Judy embarked on numerous bus tours across North America, visiting Mexico, Canada and Alaska with their traveling companions, George and Mary Lou West. In her later days, she lived a simple life and enjoyed watching the birds and occasional deer that would wander by her house on the hill.

The family would like to thank Phyllis Adams, Barbara Porter and Peggy Estep for their more than four years of loving care for Judy.

A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2018, at the West Farm in Prairie Grove. Burial will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. There will be no graveside service.

Memorials may be made to Washington Regional Hospice at 325 E. Longview St., Fayetteville, AR 72703.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove. Online guest book, www.luginbuel.com

Parents

Frank Rankin West
- Father
1881 - 1940
Birth
24 MAR 1881
Death
1 JUL 1940
Viney Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Carrie Dell Bassham
- Mother
1884 - 1934
Birth
12 NOV 1884
Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
19 DEC 1934
Viney Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Mary Julie Cole
- Wife
1925 - 2018
Birth
25 MAR 1925
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Married
30 AUG 1947
Death
24 MAR 2018
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
24 MAR 2018
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Randy Lynn West
- Son
Birth
11 JAN 1958
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Gary West
- Son
2012 - 2012
Birth
28 AUG 2012
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
27 AUG 2012
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Donna Kay West
- Daughter