Mike "Jingles" West, Sr., 60, of Big Spring, died on Monday, December 29, 2003, in a Midland Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 2, 2004, at the Hillcrest Baptist Church, with Rev. Kevin Parker, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.Mike was born on May 25, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana and married Dania Honeycutt on March 6, 1965, in Corpus Christie. He was raised in Indiana. He served in the United States Navy. He was stationed at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi in 1962. Mike moved to Big Spring in 1972. He went to work for Bob Brock Ford, as manager of the finance and insurance department. He later worked for the Big Spring Police Department for eight years, as a Crime Scene Investigator. While with the Police Department he was instrumental in helping start the Big Spring Citizens Police Academy and was involved with the academy while at the Police Department. Mike later worked for the Howard County Sheriff's Department for seven years until he became ill. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife, Dania West of Big Spring; one son Mike West, Jr., of Weatherford; one daughter Kristie Raspe of Wylie; three granddaughters; one brother, Max West of Bonita Springs, Florida; and several nephews and nieces.The family will receive friends, Thursday, January 1, 2004, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, at the funeral home.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
