News Robert West Home with the Lord

September 2nd, 2009

Robert Glenn West died Friday, August 28, 2009, from cancer and complications. He was born in Johnston County on October 23, 1947. He and his wife Pam were appointed to Côte d’Ivoire in 1982 as maintenance missionaries for the hospital in Doropo. Near the end of 2002 the Wests were forced to leave the country during the coup d’etat. They returned to the field the following June joining Jerry and Carol Pinkerton in Abidjan. Finding unstable conditions in the Kafolo area, sensing the inability to physically handle the stress of those conditions, and feeling unsuited for working in the mega-city of Abidjan, they determined they were better equipped for a stateside ministry. Their official date of resignation was September 30, 2003. Robert served as a deacon at Unity FWB Church in Smithdfield, North Carolina, and worked at the Minshew Funeral Home. He leaves his wife Pam and their daughter Marie who lives in Florida.