J. M. West, who resided near Eagle Point, died last Thursday and was buried Friday in the Nocona Cemetery. He was 67 years old and lived on Post Oak Prairie near Bonita about eight years, leaving there some 14 years ago for western Oklahoma. He had lived near this place the last two years. Mr. West has been a member of the Baptist Church for 34 years. He leaves a widow and eight children living, besides several brothers and sisters. A brother, Ike West of Ryan, Oklahoma, was with him at the end, and the children from out of the country were Henry West and his son Willie West of Hollis, Oklahoma, Mrs. Myrtle Hunt of Dodsonville, Texas and Mrs. Ollie Greer of Rosston, Texas.

Source: Nocona News - January 30, 1914