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- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Daily Times, 29 Dec 2000.
Margaret L. Wear Greaser obituary
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 10 Jul 2002.
Charles Maxwell ``Hap'' West, age 82, passed away on July 10, 2002 at NHC Nursing Home in Knoxville. He was a retired Certified Health Physicist having worked many years at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He was a charter member of the `43 club, a group recognized for original efforts related to the Manhattan Project. He authored, or co-authored, 23 papers on health physics, industrial hygiene and epidemiology. He was designated a Fellow in the National Health Physics Society in 1985 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of Health Physics. He served as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency and as a representative of the United States Government to finalize an IAEA publication on safe handling of radionuclides. He was a member of the Health Physics Society Standards Committee/American National Standard Institute. He was active in Toastmasters International and held various offices in his local chapter. He was a member of St. Marks United Methodist Church, Clinton. Preceded in death by parents, Rev. John Pierce and Doris Maxwell West.
Survivors: Wife of 43 years, Evelyn Wear West, of Knoxvillle; children, Angleque Bryson, and husband, Roy, of Aiken, S.C., Brian West, and wife, Tamela, of Katy, TX; stepchild, Barbara Smith, of Powell; sisters, Rachel Shelton, of Knoxville, Mary Irvin, of Hueytown, AL, Francis Reaves, and husband, Charlie, of Hueytown, AL, Doris McKay, of Guinn, AL; brother, Rev. Pete West, and wife, Betty, of Chillersburg, AL; sisters-in-law, Helen Talley, of Townsend, Shirley White, and husband Troy, of Maryville; brother-in-law, Bill Wear, and wife, Jackie, of Alcoa; grandchildren, Kimberley Langston, and husband, Ben, Emily Bryson, Michelle Mirelas, and husband, Anthony; and great-granddaughter, Allison Mirelas.
The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2002 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, Clinton. A memorial service celebrating Hap's life will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home following visitation with the Rev. John Clark and the Rev. Glenn Patterson officiating. Interment will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Alcoa on Sunday, July 14, 2002 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4708 Papermill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge of all arrangements.
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