Hope Star....Obituaries

Balinda West

Hope-  Balinda Faith Evans West, 51, of Hope, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at a local nursing center.  She was born May 23, 1952 in Hope to Clilfton and Louise Brantley Evans.  She was a clerk at Wal Mart and former employee of Champion Parts and Carpet Cushion of Hope.  She was a member of Southside Assembly of God Church in Hope.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Teddy West.

     Survivors include three daughters, Kimberly Mayton and Jennifer Smith Flowers of Hope, and Heather West of Emmet; her parents, Clifton and Louise Evans of Hope; two brohers, Terry Evans of Hope, and Johnny Evans of Little Rock; and four grandchildren.

    Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Hope, with Reverend S. Joseph Geno officiating.  Burial will follow.  Arrangements are by Brazell/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.  Family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 from 6-8 p.m. at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.