Albert Ernest West, Jr. died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2017 at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., of complications from diabetes. Cremation was chosen, burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. He was born July 23, 1943 in Lexington to Lydia and Ernest West. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1962. He is survived by his brother Carl West of Lexington and sister, Kathryn Holmoka of Geneva.