Brenda Lucille West

Brenda Lucille West, 73, of Prairie Grove, Ark., passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 10, 2016. She was born Sept. 20, 1943, in Harrisburg, Ill., the daughter of Howard Perkins Jr. and Vivian Lucille Perkins.

She graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in 1961. She raised chickens for Tyson at her family’s farm in Prairie Grove for over 20 years. She has been an active member of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, Ark., since 1975. She shared her love of gardening, nature, reading, and cooking with her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Raymond West.

She is survived by her son, Wayne West of Prairie Grove, her son and daughterin-law, Neil and Karen West of Ocean Springs, Miss.; her granddaughter, Emily West of Ocean Springs; her grandson, Joseph Humphreys of Denver, Colo.; and numerous neighbors and church family members. She will be greatly missed by those left behind.

Donations to Gideons International are requested in lieu of flowers.

Funeral service was held at 10 a. m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at First Baptist Church of Lincoln, followed by a graveside service at Bethesda Cemetery.

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Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove was in charge of arrangements.