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George S.L. West

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George S.L. West

Birth
Floydada, Floyd County, Texas, USA
Death
5 Nov 2013 (aged 95)
Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Floyd County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.8740533, Longitude: -101.2583783
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(Published by Moore-Rose Funeral Home, November 6, 2013)

George West, age 94, passed away, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the New Salem Primitive Baptist Church in Floydada with Pastor Ronnie Hedges officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Floyd County. Service are under the care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada and B.G. Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma.

George S. L. West was born in Floydada to David Montgomery West and Ada Edna Risinger West on November 21, 1917. He married Blanche Irene Cardinal on November 23, 1939 in Plainview, Texas. S. L. passed from this life on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Lindsay Manor Nursing Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 95.

S. L. is survived by his daughter, Kay Hilderbrandt and one granddaughter, Karen Knight of Lindsay, one brother, Adrian West and one sister, Leona Neff of Floydada, Texas as well as a host of nieces and nephews.

Mr. West was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche Irene West, his parents, David Montgomery West and Edna Risinger West, one brother, Arvin West and three sisters: Dessie Mae McCravey, Mary Belle Neff and Lavada Neff.

S. L. was a member of Central Baptist Church in Sulphur, Oklahoma where he also served as a deacon. He taught Sunday School for many years and loved to read and talk about the Bible.

S. L. was a cowboy from the beginning. He had a love for horses and cattle. S. L. retired from ranching. In his younger days, he would load up a horse and go rope on a Saturday night. When his career began, he worked on the Matador Ranch in West Texas. You can see the chuck wagon he would eat off of in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He worked on 25 different ranches throughout his career some of which include: T Bar Ranch in Texas which was owned by a Civil War Veteran; it had 14 sections and ran 450 cows and 21 bulls, the Buck Horn Ranch, Murray County, Sulphur, OK (Winner of the Ft. Worth Stock Show twice in 1964 and 1965 with cattle from the Buck Horn), the HC Rackley – Old Mule Shoe Ranch in Murray County, Sulphur, OK (ran 2000 sheep and 300 steers) and the Clark McIntire Ranch (second in world steer roping) – this was Reba McIntire's father's ranch (they gathered 800 steers on this ranch SW of Reece, Kansas; it joined the Matador Ranch). S. L. was interviewed by channel 9 and was on television telling about Old Time Cowboys.
(Published by Moore-Rose Funeral Home, November 6, 2013)

George West, age 94, passed away, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the New Salem Primitive Baptist Church in Floydada with Pastor Ronnie Hedges officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Floyd County. Service are under the care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada and B.G. Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma.

George S. L. West was born in Floydada to David Montgomery West and Ada Edna Risinger West on November 21, 1917. He married Blanche Irene Cardinal on November 23, 1939 in Plainview, Texas. S. L. passed from this life on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Lindsay Manor Nursing Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 95.

S. L. is survived by his daughter, Kay Hilderbrandt and one granddaughter, Karen Knight of Lindsay, one brother, Adrian West and one sister, Leona Neff of Floydada, Texas as well as a host of nieces and nephews.

Mr. West was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche Irene West, his parents, David Montgomery West and Edna Risinger West, one brother, Arvin West and three sisters: Dessie Mae McCravey, Mary Belle Neff and Lavada Neff.

S. L. was a member of Central Baptist Church in Sulphur, Oklahoma where he also served as a deacon. He taught Sunday School for many years and loved to read and talk about the Bible.

S. L. was a cowboy from the beginning. He had a love for horses and cattle. S. L. retired from ranching. In his younger days, he would load up a horse and go rope on a Saturday night. When his career began, he worked on the Matador Ranch in West Texas. You can see the chuck wagon he would eat off of in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He worked on 25 different ranches throughout his career some of which include: T Bar Ranch in Texas which was owned by a Civil War Veteran; it had 14 sections and ran 450 cows and 21 bulls, the Buck Horn Ranch, Murray County, Sulphur, OK (Winner of the Ft. Worth Stock Show twice in 1964 and 1965 with cattle from the Buck Horn), the HC Rackley – Old Mule Shoe Ranch in Murray County, Sulphur, OK (ran 2000 sheep and 300 steers) and the Clark McIntire Ranch (second in world steer roping) – this was Reba McIntire's father's ranch (they gathered 800 steers on this ranch SW of Reece, Kansas; it joined the Matador Ranch). S. L. was interviewed by channel 9 and was on television telling about Old Time Cowboys.

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married 11-23-1939



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