Obituary of Earles Mairel West

OBITUARY Funeral services for Mr. Earles M. West, of Roanoke, age 60, will be held Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at 2:00 pm, from Highway Methodist Church with Rev. Vernon Willis and Rev. Danny Hannah officiating. Mr. West will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial to follow in adjoining church cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, August 20, 2010. Mr. West died, Monday, August 9, 2010 at his home. Survivors include his wife, Gaynell Lashley West of Roanoke; one daughter, Sandra Brown of Roanoke; two sons, Wade Lumpkin of Roanoke, Jeff West of Roanoke; one sister, Sara West Heard of Irondale; four grandchildren; one niece and one nephew. Pallbearers will be Clark Benefield, Jerry Walker, Brian Lumpkin, Will Lumpkin, Phillip Heard, Phil Heard and Christopher Wolbach. Honorary pallbearers will be Neal Wood and Lonzie Wood. Mr. West was born February 8, 1950, the son of Perry and Lula Spears West. He was of the Methodist faith and had been a truck driver for Superior Gas Company. Mr. West was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Burles West; one niece.