Edna West Minaya, age 85, Sunday, December 8, 2013. Retired Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Language Arts Coordinator.
Survived by husband, Ernest N. Minaya and brother, Dr. Harold Dadford (Linda) West, Jr. of Kansas City, MO and many other close relatives and friends.
Predeceased by father, the first African American president of Meharry Medical College, Dr. Harold Dadford West, Sr., and mother, Mrs. Jessie Penn West, Sr.
Services Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, 1014 - 14th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208. Family visitation 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Service 11:30 a.m. Funeral 12 Noon.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that her memory be honored through monetary assistance to students, provided through contributions made to The Dr. Henry A. Moses Discretionary Funds, c/o Meharry Medical College, Office of Alumni Affairs, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208.
Lewis & Wright Funeral Directors, 2500 Clarksville Highway, Nashville, TN 37208-1060; (615) 255-2371
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