WEST, JOHN DURWARD - Cooke County, Texas | JOHN DURWARD WEST - Texas Gravestone Photos

John Durward WEST

Fairview Cemetery
Cooke County,
Texas

Funeral services for John D. West , 88 of Gainesville will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hubert Wright officiating.

Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at the funeral home.

Mr. West passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, in Denton.

John was born on Oct. 10, 1924, in Bulcher to Theodore and Pearl Morris West. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946. On March 13, 1949, he married Helen Louise Franklin in Gainesville. He was a driller in the oilfield until retiring in 1986.

Mr. West is survived by his wife of 63 years, Louise West; son, Franklin West; son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Tricia West; son and daughter-in-law, Kelly and Mary Jo West; grandchildren, Misty Dill, Chris West, Jimbo West, Angela Whitehead, Danny West, David West, Ann Cheaney and Jacob West; great-grandchildren, Seth Dill, Steven Whitehead, Amanda Whitehead, Maddux West, Easton West, Jancsi West, Gabriel Sandmann and Nate Cheaney. He is also survived by his brother, Ray West; and several nieces.

John was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Virginia Williams; sister, Frances Beasley; sister, Martha Lou Reynolds.

Pallbearers will be grandsons; and grandsons-in-law.

Contributed on 10/4/19 by dshw
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Submitted: 10/4/19 • Approved: 10/4/19 • Last Updated: 10/7/19 • R209596-G0-S3

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