Minnie Ray West Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Minnie Ray West (New Bern, North Carolina), who passed away on August 31, 2020 at the age of 100. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, William Henry Fillingame and Mamie Edith Summerell; her adoptive mother Edith Chapter; her friend Shirley Lambert; her granddaughter Johnette Ballenger Sowder; her daughter Phyllis West Chancellor (Bill) of Louisburg, NC; her grandson Kenneth Julian Ballenger; her great grandchildren, Anamarie and Harmony Ballenger; her son-in-law Kenneth R. Ballenger; and also, David, Alicia Cox, Heather, Lee, Sue Cox, Bobby, Barbara Holton, Ikey and Alice Holton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to NC Masonic Foundation LLC 700 S. Holden Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407 or to the Shirley Foster Sunday School Class at Broad Street Christian Church, 801 Broad Street, New Bern, NC 28560.
