Mrs. Wessie Pauline Croom Best

Mrs. Wessie Pauline Croom Best of Gordon passed away Monday, July 23, 2007, at the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. She was 91. Graveside services will be Wednesday in Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home (Ashford) at 3 p.m. with the Rev. James Miller officiating. The family will be receiving friends today from 2 to 3 p.m. Mrs. Best was born Sept. 1, 1915, in Donaldsonville, Ga. She was the daughter of Samuel O. Croom and Posey Burkett Croom. Mrs. Best was a homemaker. She has lived in this area for 28 years, after living in Louisville, Ky., for a while. She was a previous member of Gordon Baptist Church and also Beulah Baptist Church in Dothan. Mrs. Best was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Hubert Eudell Best; and a sister, Laurena Ward. Survivors include two daughters, Rena Dell Knight and husband Howard of Gordon and Rita Best of Gordon; one son, Jasper Best and wife Judy Best of Ashford; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be Don Best, Jeff Best Cameron Best, Rickey Best, Billy Best and Sammy Lewis. Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home in Ashford, (334) 899-1117, is in charge of arrangements.