Marla Jo West

Marla Jo West, age 45 years, of the Worley Hilltop Community died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at the Baptist Health Lexington.

She was born in Somerset, Kentucky on July 3, 1972 the daughter of Ronnie Dean Morgan and the late Mary Lou (Strunk) Morgan. Marla had been a case worker for Smokey Mountain Children’s Home and was a member of the Hilltop Baptist Church. Her favorite things in life were her grandbabies and the outdoors.

Her mother and father in  law, Danny Ray West precede her in death.

Survivors include her husband,  Danny Ray “Festus” West, Jr.; father, Ronnie Dean Morgan; son, Danny Wayne West (Kayla); daughter, Abigail West; brothers, Ronald Wayne Morgan (Rebecca), Charles Blaine Morgan (Cassandra), and Donnie Lee Morgan (Norma); sister, Una Cooper; and grandchildren, Jaycee Rae West and Mia Grace West all of Stearns, Kentucky.

Funeral services will be held 1pm Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Hilltop Baptist Church. Burial to follow in the Angel Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 11am Friday at the Church.

McCreary County Funeral Home entrusted with the arrangements.