Patricia Gast West

WEST, Patricia Gast, 72, a resident of Waverly, died on October 5, 2009. Born on February 15, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Thelma Gwaltney Gast. She was the widow of James F. West Sr. She was a member of Waverly Baptist Church and a fifty-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star including the Alpha Chapter #1, OES, Petersburg and the Waverly Chapter #172, OES (charter member and past Worthy Matron). She was also a member of the Thomas Rolfe Chapter Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Pat was a former member of the Waverly Woman's Club. She worked as a bookkeeper for Spencer Brothers in Waverly for 17 years and also worked as a bookkeeper at Glenn's Automotive and at Claremont Manor. She is survived by her son, James F. West Jr. of Waverly; a grandson, R. Brian Denny and wife, Kimberly, of Hopewell; a sister, Linda G. Smith and husband, Richard, of Pasadena, Md.; a brother, Kenneth Gast and wife, Karen, of Pasadena, Md.; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home in Wakefield with Rev. Keith Whitfield officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star Memorial Service during the visitation on Wednesday evening beginning at 7 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Waverly Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, Va., 23890, and to the Waverly Fire Department, P.O. Box 318, Waverly, Va., 23890. Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.