In Memory: Edward West, 91, Army Veteran Served In France, Germany

Editor's note: the following obituary was submitted by Sosebee Funeral Home.

Mr. Edward E. West, 91, of Canton, passed away Friday, June 9, 2017 at Cameron Hall of Canton.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2017, from the Sosebee Memorial Chapel with Rev. Gerral Richards officiating. Interment will follow in Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Mr. West was a U.S. Army veteran, serving his country in France and Germany during World War II. He retired from Lockheed in the late 1980’s, then bought a brand-new Massey Ferguson tractor and never slowed down.

When not working on his land by the Etowah River in Buffington, he enjoyed “loafering” in the mountains with the love of his life, his wife Ellabel. In his later years, he never missed “band night” where his sons and their “Etowah River Band” played good old country gospel and southern rock.

Known as “Papa” to nearly everybody, he will be sorely missed by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One like him will never pass this way again.

He was a member of Hightower Baptist Church.

Edward was preceded in death by his wife, Ellabel Duncan West and son, Jed Hunter West. Survivors include his children, Luanne West, Jeffrey Edward West (Barbara), Jason Troy West (Julie Theodore) and Joby Alan West (Christy); grandchildren, Jennifer Dunn, David Scott, Justin West, Amy Dunn, Maggie Ridings, Jesse West, Olivia West and Hannah West; and eight great-grandchildren.

Image via Sosebee Funeral Home/Jennifer Dunn