Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, December 10, 1966

BEN W. WEST

WAYNESBORO, Miss. -- Services for Ben W. West, former Justice of the Peace of Beat Four, and farmer, who died in a Laurel hospital, Sunday, were held Tuesday from the Trinity Baptist Church. The Rev. Rayford Moore officiated with burial in the Arrington Cemetery under the direction of Freeman Funeral Home.

West was born and reared in Wayne County where he operated a farm for a number of years.

He is survived by two sons: Ben H. West and Howard E. West, both of Wayne County; three daughters: Mrs. Emmette Clark, Laurel; Mrs. Gladys Balter [sic Mrs. Grady Butler] and Mrs. Myrtle Raymond, both of Mobile, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. M. D. Ellis of Mobile, Ala.