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| Mother | Clara Viola Ross1 b. 28 January 1906, d. 26 December 1949 | |
| Father | Felton Eber West Sr.1 b. 27 May 1902, d. 15 February 1985 | |
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| Family | Jean Francis Osborn b. 23 July 1927 | |
| Children | 1. | Bruce E. West |
| 2. | Dale West | |
| 3. | Wade Osborn West b. Jan 1956 | |
| 4. | Barbara J. West b. Sep 1966 | |
| Birth* | 9 May 1926 | Houston, Harris Co., TX1 |
| Marriage* | 27 October 1945 | Belen, Valencia Co., NM, Principal=Jean Francis Osborn3 |
| SSN* | 23 June 2005 | Felton E. WEST Birth Date: 9 May 1926 Death Date: 23 Jun 2005 Social Security Number: 464-26-1378 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Texas Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 78642 Localities: Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas1 |
| Death* | 23 June 2005 | Liberty Hill, Williamson Co., TX1,3 |
| News/Obit* | 25 June 2005 | Felton West 1926-2005 Texas newsman was in JFK motorcadeNewsman worked 53 years for paper Felton West, a longtime newsman who was a reporter in the motorcade behind President Kennedy when he was assassinated, became a Christian in retirement and served a term on the Liberty Hill City Council. The 53-year Houston Post journalist died Thursday after a brief struggle with lung cancer. He was 79. "He was a very dogged, tenacious person who wouldn't let go of a story when he got one," said his daughter, Barbara Ludden. "When he became born again, about 10 years ago, as a family we noticed a huge change in his heart." He was born in Houston, the first child of a house painter and a homemaker who had two more children. He became a copyboy at the Post at age 16, and a reporter two years later. He married the former Jean Osborn in 1945 when he attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He also served in the Navy Reserve. He flew to Texas aboard Air Force One as the Post's Washington bureau chief to cover Kennedy's visit. After Kennedy was killed and Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president, West recalled, he lost his possessions when the plane abruptly left for Washington without him. When he semi-retired from the Post's Austin bureau in 1992, the Legislature praised him in a resolution and roasted him. "Felton West is the only person I know who went on a deer hunting trip and shot a Jeep," then-Sen. John Montford, D-Lubbock, said. "A radiator!" several other senators cried out. "A radiator!" In 1993, the Headliners Foundation of Austin gave West a Lifetime Achievement Award. He fully retired two years later when the Post ceased publication. Then he moved to Liberty Hill and became active in the Lions Club. He and his wife organized the town's Fellowship Baptist Church. He was appointed to the City Council in 2002 after losing a colorful race for mayor in which he drove around town broadcasting music from his pickup. West is survived by a brother and a sister, his wife, three of his four children and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, on Texas 29, in Liberty Hill. dstanley@statesman.com; 445-3629 Appeared in the Austin American-Statesman (TX), June 25, 20053 |
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