Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Best, Marvin Z., 1968 

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MARVIN ZENO BEST 

   FRANKLIN - A funeral for Marvin Zeno Best was conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. 
in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel, Franklin, by the Rev. R.E. Brittle of 
the Hunterdale United Church of Christ and the Rev. L.F. Smith of Chesapeake. 
Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park.

   Pallbearers were Henry Barnes, George S. Drewry, J. Robert Crumpler, W.S. 
Johnson, Jr., Gilbert Porter, James Byrum, J.M. Way and Clifton Daughtrey.

   Best, 38, of South Quay, Nansemond County, died Thursday in Southampton 
Memorial Hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident New Year's 
Day on U.S. 258 between Windsor and Franklin.

   Best, a logging contractor, was driving alone when his car struck the rear 
of a truck, said Dr. Henry W. Gardner Jr., Franklin medical examiner.  Best 
suffered internal injuries which were not believed to be serious at first.  An 
autopsy was conducted to determine the cause of death.

   A native of Bolton, N.C., he was the husband of Mrs. Nancy Crutchlow Best 
and a son of Zeno and Mrs. Grace Baldwin Best.

   He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

   Besides his widow and parents, surviving are three daughters, Miss Julia 
Best, Miss Lorraine Best, and Mrs. Jane Best and a son, Marvin Zeno Best Jr., 
all of the home; and a sister, Mrs. Miriam Watson of Holland.


Marvin Zeno BEST, of South Quay, logging contractor, 
Army veteran of the Korean War, 
Carolina native*; injured in crash, 1 Jan 1968; 
d. 11 Jan 1968, Franklin, age 38, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 7/8**), 13 Jan 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 15, 1968, p. 6 

**His widow remarried, to Leroy L. COLEY; Leroy & Nancy's parents are also 
   buried in the same plot. 
   Marvin's parents are buried in another section - Lakeside Gardens, Plot 12. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 30, 1981, p. 5A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g230g1ob.txt 

*While the obit gives native of Bolton, N.C., the cemetery list gives 
   born Marion, Marion Co., SC.  His D.Cert. (#68-000329) leaves his 
   birthplace blank. 


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