“font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>Alvin Lewis West entered this life as the second born child of the marital union of Annie Bessie Lee and Roosevelt West on February 12, 1932. Both parents and one brother, Melvin, preceded him in death. A native of St. Louis, Alvin was educated in the St. Louis City Public School System. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri and later continued his education at Webster University. During his tenure at Lincoln, Alvin pledged into the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He loved this fraternal organization and continued to be active for over 50 years with the Upsilon Omega Chapter here in St. Louis.
“font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>In 1953, Alvin joined in holy matrimony with Earselean Jones. Two children, Thea and Adrian, were born of this union. Alvin retired from the Defense Mapping Agency in the Aeronautical Charts Division (DMAAC) of the Federal Government, where he led a fulfilling career as a cartographer in the Chart Research Division. A fun-loving family man, Alvin loved to travel and take pictures.
“font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana;”>After a long illness, Alvin departed this life on March 2, 2011. Alvin leaves to cherish his memory a loving and devoted wife, Earselean; one daughter, Thea (John Dennis) Tate; one son, Adrian (Veronica) West; four grandchildren; Kristen Tate, Karyn Tate, Adrian West, Jr., and Jonathan West; one sister, Donalda Crumb; three brothers, Donald Wilson, James West, and Ralph R. West; one brother-inlaw, Theodore (Shirley) Jones; two sister-in-law, Deborah Lyons and Nesha Bailey; special nieces Juanita (Walter Brown and Naomi (Lenzo) Kilpatrick, and a host of other relatives and friends. Services: A Memorial Service will be held from 2 p.m. on March 25, 2011 at the Omega Complex, 3900 Goodfellow at Natural Bridge.
