Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Stella Gantt West 1951
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Obituary of Stella Gantt West
as written in "The Albany Herald" dated 6 Jul 1951.
Albany, Herald.
Mrs. W. N. West, 66, died suddenly last night, 5 Jul 1951, in Phoebe
Putney Hospital. She had lived in Albany for the last 23 years, moving here from
Blakely. Mrs. West was a member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include
eight children, Miss Joyce West and Miss Mary Jan West of Albany, Mrs. LaDalia
Hocton of Pensacola, Fla., Wayne West of Buffalo, N. Y., H. W. West of Jacksonville,
Fla., I. J. West of Higgston, Horace West of Albany and SGT R. L. West of the U. S. Air
Force stationed in Alaska. In addition, Mrs. West is survived by a sister, Mrs. Henry
Pointevint of Moultrie, a brother, S. O. Gantt of Wauchula, Fla., and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Kimbrell-Stern of the Albany
Undertaking Company pending the arrival of Sergeant West from Alaska.