Sue Marie “Susie” Spring West, 90, passed away September 13, 2012 at her residence in Mena, Arkansas. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel in Greenville, Texas with Johnny Palmer and Butch West officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park in Greenville. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.
Sue was a devoted housewife and mother to 2 sons and 1 daughter. Born March 19, 1922 in Hugo, Ok to John and Ruth Spring, she was a registered member of the Choctaw tribe. As a child her family later moved to Commerce, Tx. There she met William D. “Darrell” West, and they were married for 69 years. Her children, whom she adored, were sons William D. West, Jr. of Hatfield, AR and Johnny L. “Butch” West and his wife, Lydia of Rosenberg, TX, and a daughter Sandra Sue West who passed away as a child in Houston, TX. Susie lived for ten years in the Houston/Galena Park area where she was a substitute teacher and involved in the PTA. She also served in her church while living there. They decided to retire in Mena, Arkansas in 1970 living quietly in the community since. She loved to garden and make her famous jellies and fruit cakes for family and friends.
Susie is survived by her husband and two sons; also, sisters Lois Faye Ingram and Margie Nell Williams. She has eight grandchildren William D. “Billy” West III, Johnny Cook, Timothy West, Beau West, John Martin, Clayton West, Lacey West and Patricia Gonzalez; seven great-grand children, Skylar West, Johnny L. West II, Denise West, Aaron West, April Cook, Ashley Cook, Zane Cook; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter; sisters Lorene Palmer and Katherine Chilton; brothers Jack Spring, James M. Spring, and Dennis Spring; nephew Jonathan Chilton; and Joan Williams.
Pallbearers will be Butch West, Billy West, Johnny Palmer, Ronnie Cambron, James David Williams, and Rick Brown.
