Barney Pete West quietly transitioned on Thursday, November 8, 2018.
Preceding him in death are his parents Petres West and Carrie Bell Watson West, wife Barbara West and mother of two of his children, Deborah Owens, siblings, James West, Lue Dora West (died as an infant), Surnature West, (died as an infant), Emma Lou Brewer, Lillie Juanita West, Jessie West, Jay B West, Homer West and Watson West. He leaves to mourn his sister, Doris Perrin of Atlanta, Georgia, his children Jeffrey Vane, Aubrey Shabazz (Robbie), Jamain Owens (Kesha), Jerome Owens, stepchildren, Alora Summers (George), Leroy Head (LaDonna), Marachelle Wilson (Theodore) and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, cousins, nephews, nieces, and many other relatives.