Marilyn "Alicia" Stephenson West

Raleigh, NC: Mrs. Marilyn “Alicia” Stephenson West, age 83, of Hwy 42 passed away very peacefully on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral Services will be 12:00PM-Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Friendship Baptist Church in Angier. Officiating will be Rev. Jeff Morgan. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. 

Mrs. West was born on December 10, 1940, in Durham County, NC to the late Willis Calvin and Virginia Estelle Willis Pleasants. She was preceded in death by her sister, Linda Devane. Growing up, she attended the Immaculata Catholic School and then the Durham Business College. She married Glen Stephenson in 1959 and was his wife for 44 years, until his passing in 2003. The two of them welcomed a son, Roger in May of 1969. Sadly, Roger preceded his mother in death in 1992. In 2009, she married Robert West who she claimed “treated me like a queen.” That union gained her two step-daughters, Betty Lou Spence and Barbara Starr. Barbara and Robert passed away before her, but she was so grateful for the time she had with Robert. She was an employee of Nationwide Insurance Company for 15 years before she became a stay-at-home mom and entrepreneur, sewing curtains, and doing income taxes for people and businesses. 

Survivors include her nephew, Robbie Stephenson and wife, Sharon; niece, Valerie Lawter and husband, Roger; brother-in-law, James Devane and her “baby”, a poodle named, GiGi Grace.

The family will receive friends from 11:00AM to 11:45AM on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Friendship Baptist Church prior to the service. 

The family appreciates your thoughts and prayers.

Arrangements by Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Benson, NC.