Patricia Beatrice ( Roberts) West
May 18, 1946 ~ March 3, 2025
Patricia Beatrice (Roberts) West passed away on March 3, 2025, after a year and a half long battle with lung cancer and other health issues. She was 78.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Mamie Morgan, her sister Barbara House, and her daughter, Penny Hawkins.
She is survived by sisters Mary Sexton (Richard Sexton) and Brenda Turner, brother William Roberts (Lela Roberts), daughters Trina Chambliss and Tina Soullier, grandchildren Brittney Hawkins, Wally Hawkins, Shawn Hawkins, Sarah Soullier, and Eli Soullier, great grandchildren Jonah, Raelynn, Clover and Houston and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pat, lovingly referred to as “Bea” by her family, was born in Atlanta, GA and was raised as the middle child of five. She attended Brown High School in Atlanta where she met and married her first husband in 1964. In 1966 she gave birth to twin daughters Trina and Tina and in 1972 her youngest daughter Penny was born. She would ultimately raise all 3 girls as a single mother and in later years would help in raising her grandchildren. She spent several years working for various HVAC companies as an executive assistant before becoming a full-time homemaker.
Pat enjoyed watching birds in the yard and, when she was still able, she loved to throw birdseed out by hand and watch the birds cover the yard while pecking at the birdseed. One of her favorite past times became playing the game Mahjong Tiles on her laptop. Anyone who came in contact with her over the last year found out quickly that the reruns of Walker Texas Ranger was her favorite show to watch on TV.
Pat spent the last 8 years living in Marietta and Smyrna GA. After her diagnosis in late 2023 she moved in with her twin daughters where she would spend the last year of her life being cared for, spoiled and loved.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday March 15th at Southern Cremations & Funerals at Cheatham Hill (1861 Dallas Hwy SW, Marietta, GA 30064). A time for visitation will begin at 2pm followed by a brief service and Interment. The family invites you to join them for a reception following the service at 5pm at the same location.
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Sending my deepest ,and sincere sympathy to Tina and Trina and Family ,for the loss of there sweet dear mother Ms West.And I’m asking God to give them strength at this difficult time.I was Ms West caregiver for many years and we became friends from the start.I use to take her for walks ,and she would start naming all the different birds that she saw.Ms West was a sweet loving person,and sometimes she would tell you like it is ,and didn’t hold back..She love watching her favorite television shows ,Texas Walker Ranger,and Law and Order and you better not touch that remote till after the program goes off .I LOVE HER DEARLY,we use to have all kinds of conversations about different things ,some things she remember and some she didn’t.She told me how she taught Tina and Trina how to make banana pudding and she said she made the best banana pudding in town .She gave me her version and receipt how she made her and I told her that was a little different how I made mine.Even when she went to the nursing home I always called her ,went by to visit and took her some of her favorite snacks.She even let me take her outside one Beautiful Day. I have a lot of memories with Ms West she was like Family to me ,one day I told her that she could be my Big Sister and she start laughing. I will always cherish the memories,and I Will Never Ever Forget Her.TO GOD BE THE LORD.SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL HAS GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD .MS WEST TAKE YOUR REST I LOVE YOU ,BUT GOD LOVE YOU THE MOST.UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,REST WELL MY DEAR SWEET FRIEND.NO MORE PAIN OF SUFFERING,FORMER THINGS HAS PASSED AND GONE.LOVE YOUR FRIEND LINDA
I knew Pat when I was younger we didn’t see each other for years until I was working at Walmarr I remember that face. And then you came in Food Depot when I started there. Tina and Trina yall are in my heart and Prayers. Love Yall.
Pat lived in a home that her daughter Tina and I shared. We had a cat and a black lab. She loved both of them so much. Mellie, the cat would always want in her room when the door was closed. Mellie liked going to see Pat only on her terms. Of course Pat only let mellie in on her terms. That’s why they got along so well. On the other hand Bailey could come and go as she pleased. Pat loved that dog and Bailey loved her. She would get on the bed with Pat and just hang out with her. Bailey was very protective of her. On several occasions when the caregiver was trying to take care of Pat when they would go to hand her something or reach across her and Bailey would snap at them to protect Pat. Pat thought that was the funniest thing in the world that Bailey was protecting her. The caregivers learned not to do that quickly, but Pat got a real kick out of it. They loved each other very much.
Pat was also famous with the family for her banana pudding, it was always expected at any family function. When she lived with us then we were all going to a family function she wanted to take her banana pudding. She wasn’t able to make it anymore but she was in the kitchen to strictly supervise the execution of her dessert. She had to oversee every aspect in every step of the recipe. She made sure that you were not going to mess it up. And tasted it at every step. When it was complete she had to taste it and of course being the good grandmother and mother that she was she only took a small bite out of the corner so nobody would know it had been touched. Even though it had been touched with her supervision and love of the recipe. I also remember her teaching her granddaughter Sarah how to make it and me too cuz I was standing there watching. We all have memories of loved ones. These are the ones that I will always cherish as I do my own grandmother.
I always enjoyed her cake with cherry icing and all the fun I had when I got to visit you guys. Sending love and Hugs from Steve and Donna during this sad time. You girls were always the best Daughters to her.
With deepest sympathy,