W. J. West

Background

West, W. J. was born on June 13, 1937 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Johnnie Buford and Christine Elizabeth (Thomas) W.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Shelbyville, 1955.

Career

Clerk, State Farm Insurance Companies, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1955-1956; code assigner, State Farm Insurance Companies, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1956-1957; underwriter, State Farm Insurance Companies, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1957-1962; risk appraiser, State Farm Insurance Companies, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1962-1965; health insurance superintendent, State Farm Insurance Companies, Columbia, Missouri, 1965-1967; health insurance superintendent, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois, 1967-1968; general underwriting superintendent, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois, 1968-1974; director health claims, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois, 1974-1984; assistant vice president life/health claims, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois, since 1984.

Achievements

• W. J. West has been listed as a noteworthy Insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Tennessee National Guard, 1954-1962. Member International Claim Association (president elect 1990), American Society Chartered Life Underwriters, Chicago Claim Association (president 1982-1983).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, dancing, reading.

Connections

Married Sarah Juanita Neeley, May 12, 1956.

Father:

Johnnie Buford West

Mother:

Christine Elizabeth (Thomas) West

Spouse:

Sarah Juanita Neeley