Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....BEST, RICHARD July 21, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: REBECCA STEWART RSTEWART@ENERVEST.NET October 18, 2011, 6:38 pm ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Richard Best Family-Placed Death Notice Richard Watson Best, 89 of West Palm Beach, FL. died Thursday, July 21, 2005. He is preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Holland Best, a brother, Tom Best and two sisters, Mildred Best Snellings and Tieney Best Coleman. Mr. Best served in the US Air Force during World War Two, and was a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and practiced law in Atlanta for 50 years. He represented Clay County in the Georgia House of Representatives in the early 1950's. Mr. Best is survived by a son and daughter in law, Richard and Cathy Best of Fond du Lac, Wisc., a daughter and son in law, Liz Best and Lannis Waters of West palm Beach, four grandchildren, Joseph and Thomas Best of Fond du Lac, and Martha and Alice Waters of West Palm Beach, a sister, Trudy Best Harden of Naples, FL, a brother, Bo Chambers of Atlanta; two brothers in law, James Edgar Coleman of Ft. Gaines and John K. Snellings of Atlanta, a sister in law, Gera H. Goode of Missoula, Mont., and many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 10:30 a.m. at the Ft. Gaines United Methodist Church with burial to follow in New Park Cemetery in Ft. Gaines. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, FL. Lunsford Funeral Home, Cuthbert. 229-732-2148. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 25, 2005 Additional Comments: BROTHER IN LAW OF JAMES E COLEMAN File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clay/obits/b/best10108gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb