Margaret West's Obituary
Margaret “Peggy” Peel West, 92, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee. Peggy was the beloved mother of 4 children, Jimmy Bradsher Harrelson (Anna), Robert Charles Harrelson, Ginger Harrelson Chamberlain (Phil), and Karen Harrelson Murphree (Greg), 15 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. She is predeceased by her loving and supportive parents, Eldren Robert and Bessie Owen Peel, husband Walter A. West and two infant grandchildren Stephen Philip Chamberlain and Marie Ann Harrelson. She served as Past President of the Ladies of St. Jude, was a member of the Woman’s Exchange and the Cotton Carnival Society Memphi. Her greatest joy was raising her 4 children, spending time with her family and her life at Pickwick Lake. A private family Christian burial is planned with a Celebration of Life to be scheduled at a later date. In Lieu of flowers, the family ask that memorials be sent to St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119 (901) 767-8930. “Where Memphis comes to remember, since 1924.”
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