Anita Jean Moore West

Anita Jean Moore West passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012, at her daughter's home in Beaufort, S.C., after an eight month battle of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. She was a resident of Clarksville, Arkansas. Mrs. West was a member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Clarksville Retired Teachers Association, various bridge clubs, Clarksville Garden Club, and the past president of and a charter member of the Clarksville Chapter of Kappa Kappa Iota. She was a former long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Clarksville, Arkansas, a charter member of the Cherry Street Baptist Church of Clarksville, and member of the Willing Helpers Sunday School class. Mrs. West graduated from Conway High School in 1941. She held a B.S.E. in Elementary Education from Arkansas State Teachers College (University of Central Arkansas) and a M.Ed. in Education from Arkansas Tech University. She was a life-long educator and spent 45 years teaching at Michie, Hurie, and Kraus Elementary Schools in Clarksville, Arkansas, and in other schools in the central Arkansas area. Mrs. West loved traveling with her husband and spending time with her friends in Arkansas, South Carolina and Maine. She was an avid reader, enjoyed playing Scrabble, and spending time with members of the Cherry Street Baptist Church. Mrs. West was born on March 11, 1925 and was the daughter of the late Edgar Westerfield and Iva Alison Warbritton Moore of Conway, Arkansas. She celebrated her 65thwedding anniversary Thanksgiving Day with her husband, Jack West. In addition to being survived by her husband, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law ,Bliss and Bruce Baxley of Beaufort, S.C. Other relatives include sister- and brother-in-law, Mary Dell West and Logan B.C. Hutson of Cabot, Arkansas, Verna Gene Moore Kelly of Conway, Arkansas, several nephews, nieces, and cousins, God family Lee and Mary Margaret Capps White of Kennebunk, Maine, Blaine, Jerod, Jonathan, and Ethan Colley of Westford, Mass., and many former students, fellow teachers, and numerous friends. The family will receive friends on Sunday, April 1, 2012 from 2-4 p.m. in Roller-Cox Funeral Home in Clarksville, Ark. A memorial service will be held Monday, April 2, 2012, at the Cherry Street Baptist Church in Clarksville, Arkansas at 2 p.m. The family is asking for donations be made to the Cherry Street Baptist Church, P.O. Box 378, Clarksville, Ark. 72830, in lieu of flowers. Anderson Funeral Home of Beaufort, SC and Roller-Cox Funeral Home of Clarksville, Ark. are serving the family.