Edgar W. Best^[1]

1907 - 2000  (92 years)

• Name	Edgar W. Best
  Born	12 Jul 1907	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 7, Blount County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	20 Feb 2000	Maryville Healthcare Center   [3, 4]
  Buried	23 Feb 2000	Carpenters Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I206701	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	15 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Coy Oscar Best,   b. 24 Mar 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jun 1959  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Cora Irene Huffstetler,   b. 8 Jun 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Nov 1956  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F78766	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edith LaRue Giffin,   b. 29 Dec 1909, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Oct 2004, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 94 years)
  Children	1. James Best,   b. Abt 1928, Tennessee  (Age ~ 96 years)   2. Ida Ethleen Best,   b. 26 Jan 1929, Tennessee ,   d. 14 May 1989  (Age 60 years)   3. Jean Best,   b. Abt 1931, Tennessee  (Age ~ 93 years)   4. Harold Best,   b. Abt 1934, Tennessee  (Age ~ 90 years) + 5. Frances Best,   b. Abt 1936, Tennessee  (Age ~ 88 years)   6. Norma Sue Best,   b. Abt 1939, Tennessee  (Age ~ 85 years) + 7. Ronald David Best,   b. 25 Jun 1941,   d. 4 Apr 2002, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 60 years) + 8. Paul Willis Best,   b. 22 Mar 1943,   d. 12 May 2014, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F78772	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Jul 1907 - Tennessee Buried - 23 Feb 2000 - Carpenters Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 3 Jan 2007. Vern Isaac Best obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Edgar Best Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 7, Blount, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 33 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1907 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 5-8 Family Number: 300 Sheet Number and Letter: 18A Line Number: 24 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 3874 Digital Folder Number: 005461280 Image Number: 00216 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Edgar Best M 33 Tennessee Wife Edith Best F 29 Tennessee Son James Best M 12 Tennessee Daughter Ethelene Best F 11 Tennessee Daughter Jean Best F 9 Tennessee Son Harold Best M 6 Tennessee Daughter Francis Best F 4 Tennessee Daughter Norma Best F 1 Tennessee [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 27 Feb 2000. BEST, EDGAR W. age 92 of Maryville, died Sunday, February 20, 2000, at Maryville Healthcare Center. He was a member of Carpenters United Methodist Church, was retired from ALCOA and a member of the ALCOA 25 Year Service Club. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Ethleen Baumgardner; mother and father, Coy and Cora Best; sister, Mary Coning, brothers, Truman, Fred, Claude and Lawrence. Survivors include: wife Edith Giffin Best; daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Bob Carpenter, Frances and C.A. Graves, all of Maryville; daughter, Jean Everett of Hamilton, Ohio; son, James Best of Maryville; sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Alice Best, Ronald and Eleanor Best, Paul and Mary Ann Best all of Maryville; 23 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren; 5 great great-grandchildren; sister, Edith Dawson of Santa Ana, Calif.; brothers, Burl and Vern Best both of Maryville. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in McCammon-Ammons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Roger Mathess officiating. Family and friends will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Carpenter's Cemetery for the interment service. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at McCammon-Ammons Funeral Home, Maryville, In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Carpenter's United Methodist Church, 3538 Best Road, Maryville, TN 37801. McCammon-Ammons Funeral Home, Maryville. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 415-16-2278. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee