Algood Genealogy

11968. Charles Henry (Dutch)⁸ West (Wiliam Luther⁷, Sarah (Sally)⁶ Allgood, William A.⁵, Wyatt⁴, William (Pikey) Henry³, William John², Edward¹) was born July 31, 1916. Charles died March 9, 1979 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS.

He married Dora Elizabeth Basonett June 1,1940. Dora was born June 9, 1919 in Lincoln Co., MS. Dora was the daughter of Isaac (Ike) Bessonett and Deda J. McGuffee. Dora died September 7, 2000 in Whispering Pines, Madison Co., MS. OBIT: Services for Dora Elizabeth Bessonette West of Brookhaven are 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, Sept. 8, from 5-8:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home. Mrs. West, 81, died Sept. 7, 2000, of cancer at Whispering Pines in Madison. She was born in Lincoln County on June 9, 1919, to Ike Bessonette and Deda McGuffie Bessonette. She was a retired pattern maker for Stahl-Urban. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, C H West; and her brothers, Arnold, Dudley, and T. J. Bessonette. Survivors are her sons and daughters-in-law, Charles E. and Linda West of Brookhaven and Bobby A. and Barbara West of Madison; her daughter and son-in-law, Lois Maxine West Welch and Danny Welch of Magee; her sisters, Lela B. Rogers of Brookhaven and Juanita Chrietzberg of West Monroe, La.; and eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Charles Henry (Dutch) West and Dora Elizabeth Basonett had the following children:

+ 25482 i. Charles Edward (Buddy)⁹ West was born September 19, 1943.

+ 25483 ii. Bobby Arnold West (LIVING).

+ 25484 iii. Lois Maxine West (LIVING).

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