SALISBURY - Dorothy Truitt West died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at her daughter's home. Born in Whaleyville, she was the daughter of the late Garfield and Mariam Truitt.
She worked as a seamstress at Gant Shirt Factory for 30 years and was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Huston; two grandsons, Richie Peterman; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clifford R. West Jr., in 2008; as well as two brothers and two sisters.
A funeral service was held Monday, May 7, 2018, at Bounds Funeral Home in Salisbury. Interment followed in Springhill Memory Gardens.