Mary Lou Wilkins West, age 79, of Lumberton, NC died on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton. She was born in Baltimore County, MD on September 19, 1933 to the late Robert Wilkins and the late Margaret Popes Wilkins. She previously worked as the manager of White Coffee Pot Company Restaurant. Mrs. West is survived by her husband, John T. West of the home; sons, Raymond Richardson of Lumberton, Mark Richardson of Baltimore, MD, Marty Richardson of Lumberton, and John Wayne West and wife Susan of Baltimore County, MD; daughters, Edith Dominguez of Lumberton, Margaret Richardson of Orrum, and Diane West of Baltimore, MD; a sister, Agnes Rhodes of Baltimore, MD; seventeen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.