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Cynthia Carol West Huber passed away November 3, 2017, in Fayetteville, AR. She was 67 years old. She was born February 3, 1950 in Tuscon, AZ to Bura and Letha West. Her older brother and younger sister were built-in entertainment as they sought creative ways to kill each other in their youth. Happily, they were incompetent assassins. A classic military brat, Cynthia hustled local candy to other American kids in Japan and attended 9 schools in 12 years. After graduating from Atlanta High School, she headed off to college at the University of Texas in Arlington. This was the beginning of her true career as a lifelong student, which combined nicely with her humorously bossy nature. Cynthia never got a degree from UT, but she did pick up a handsome young sailor riding a motorcycle one afternoon. They married and went on to enjoy adoring and frustrating each other for the next 46 years. They also had one daughter they spoiled almost rotten.Over her lifetime she worked at a bank, at a modeling agency, building bombs, as a Kelly Girl supervisor, a legal secretary, a sales rep for PPG Industries, and as Precinct Judge for elections in Harris County, Texas. Cynthia was exceedingly talented in sewing, knitting, quilting, cake decorating, calligraphy, stained glass work, carpentry, and pottery. This served her very well as she spent many nights sewing dance costumes and dresses for her daughter, as well as providing the coolest birthday cakes around. It also made her quite happy to save $5 per envelope on calligraphy when her daughter married, as Cynthia was extremely frugal in some ways. Cynthia was an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron in both Pasadena, TX and Huntsville, AR at least 10,000 times, according to her husband. She happily served as Deputy Grand Matron in Texas and wore out two vehicles running the roads to visit as many Chapters as she could. As a younger woman, she was active in the Order of the Rainbow for Girls, which meant her daughter became a Rainbow Girl, too. Cynthia become Mother Advisor and continued to serve as such long after her own daughter had grown up, eventually being named Mother Advisor of the Year for Texas Rainbow Girls. Cynthia loved mentoring young people. In addition to Mother Advisor, she served as a Girl Scout troop leader for a decade, and the children and teenagers in her neighborhood often came to her house just to talk to Mrs. Huber. Cynthia enjoyed traveling enormously and would go anywhere at any time. She found this easy to do as she never really unpacked. She especially loved dropping everything and running whenever family needed help. Cynthia loved dragons and convinced her grandsons she could breathe fire by using her breathing treatments while in the hospital. She took great delight in telling tall tales to her grandsons and convincing them of fantastical fictional flights of fancy. Cynthia was devoted to her grandsons in a most awesome way, intent on spoiling them completely rotten as opposed to almost rotten. Cynthia lived a life of zest and zeal, loving people, serving how she could, courageous in all she did. Her faith in God was resolute, and she died with dignity and confidence of her destination. She was devoted to the people she loved and never hesitated to sacrifice herself for them. Cynthia is preceeded in death by her parents, Bura Thomas and Letha Endsley West. She is survived by her husband Roger, of Kingston, daughter and son-in-law, Carrie and Darrel Summers and grandsons, Jedidiah and Zachariah Summers, of Hindsville, brother and sister-in-law James and Kim West of Cincinnati, OH, and sister Leah West of Atlanta, TX. A viewing will be held at Brashears Funeral Home on November 10 from 6-8p.m. A celebratory wake will be held at Hindsville First Baptist Church November 11 from 1-4p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Huntsville OES #487, P.O. Box 181, Goshen, AR 72735.

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Cynthia Carol Huber

February 3, 1950 - November 3, 2017