Tennessee House Representative

BEN WEST, JR.
D - Hermitage
District 60 - Part of Davidson County
Donelson, Hermitage and Antioch Communities

House Member Picture
District Address
4013 Port Cleburne Lane
Hermitage, TN 37076
Phone (615) 889-0801
Nashville Address
37 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0160
Phone (615) 741-6959
Fax (615) 253-0331
Staff Contact:

Biographical Information
  • Born March 19, 1941
  • Wife Phyllis Duff West, Director of Patient and Community Services for the Metropolitan Government's Board of Hospitals at Bordeaux
  • Three daughters; two stepchildren; nine grandchildren
  • Father, Ben West, Sr., former Mayor of Nashville
  • Brother, Jay West, Former Councelman at Large, and Vice Mayor of Nashville
  • President/CEO of Security Express LLC, Security Express Protective Services, LLC and Automated Teller Machines Unlimited, LLC with over 31 years of banking experience.
  • Former Layreader, Chalice Bearer and twice Senior Warden of the St. Philips Episcopal Church in Donelson
  • Recipient of the Boy Scout "Long Rifle" Award
  • Recipient of the Public Personnel Award from the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
  • County Officials Association of Tennessee Legislator of Year 1994
  • Tennessee Municipal League Legislator of Year 1996
  • The Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Association and the Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors 1995-1996 Legislative Award
Public Office
  • House member of the 94th through 104th General Assemblies
  • Chair, House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee
  • Member, House State and Local Government Committee
  • Member, House Calendar and Rules Committee
  • Member, House Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
  • Member, House Employee Affairs Subcommittee
  • Member, House State Government Subcommittee
  • Member, House Local Government Subcommittee
  • Member, Joint Workers Compensation Committee
  • Member, State Capitol Commission
  • Former chairman of the Davidson County Delegation to the Legislature
Community Involvement
  • Founder of the Ben West, Jr. Youth Sports Complex
  • Co-Founder of Donelson-Hermitage Sr. Citizens Center
  • Member of the Greater Nashville Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Honorary Board Member of the House of Mercy
  • Member Board of Directors and The Tennessee Arts Foundation
  • Member Board of Directors of Summit Medical Center,
         McKendree Village Retirement Complex,    
        Donelson/Hermitage Chamber of Commerce,
        and Donelson Hermitage YMCA
  • Twice President and former Business Man of the Year of the Donelson- Hermitage Chamber of Commerce
  • Mason, Scottish Rite (Donelson's McWhirtersville Masonic Lodge)
  • Member of the Donelson-Hermitage Neighborhood Association, American Association of Retired Persons
  • Board of Directors, Donelson - Hermitage Chamber of Commerce
  • Former Board of Directors, Centerpoint Community Mental Health Centers
  • Former Board of Directors, The Hospice Foundation
  • Former Board of Trustees, Summit Medical Center
  • Former Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities
  • Former President of the Donelson Civitan Club
  • Former member of  Mid-Cumberland Area Development Corporation
  • Former  member of Tennessee Safety Congress
  • Former member of Boards of Executive Committee
  • Former member Greater Nashville Regional Council and Senior Citizens, Inc.
  • Former member of the Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (Donelson-Hermitage Chapter)