Eugene West age 71 of Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday

Dec. 29, 2015 at 9:26 PM at his home after an illness

He was born on May 16, 1944 in Welch, West Virginia

He was the son of the late Earl & Masie Blankenship West

He was preceded in death by three brothers Virgil West,

Ken West & Elbert West

He is survived his wife Rachel Basey West of Columbia, KY

Three brothers: James West & his wife Judy of Glensfork, KY

Jerry West & his wife Kim of Franklin, TN & Roger Dale West

& his wife Joan of Nashville, TN

Four sisters: Joyce Hicks of Glensfork, KY, June Hurler of

Vansant, Virginia, Bernice Hagerman of Mendota, Virginia

& Peggy Smith & her husband David of Orlando, FL

Three step-children: Alisha Bates, Ashley Gomez & Josh Witt

of Columbia, KY

several nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends survives

He was a truck driver, He served his county in U. S. Army

101st. Airborne in both Vietnam & Desert Storm

Graveside service Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 at 8:00 AM CST

at the Mill Springs National Cemetery at Nancy, KY

Clergy officiating Rev. Curtis Stacy

with full Military Honors present by the local VFW Post 6097

from Columbia burial will follow

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of

funeral arrangements

Visitation : at Cemetery

Services : Mill Springs National Cemetery at Nancy KY Sat. Jan. 2 2016 at 8:00 AM CST

Interment : Mill Springs National Cemetery at Nancy KY