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James Earl Best Sr.

1942 - 2010

BORN

1942

DIED

2010

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Sims Funeral Home

201 W. Pennsylvania Ave.

Bonifay, Florida

James Best Obituary

James Earl Best Sr., 67 of Westville, died on Thursday, August 5, 2010, at Wiregrass Medical Center in Geneva, AL. Born Saturday, August 8, 1942 in Caryville, he was the son of the late Clarence Best, the late Willard Callahan. He was a 1960 graduate of Holmes County High School, a graduate of Chipola Jr. College and was a retired letter carrier for the U S P S . He was a member of the Esther Masonic Lodge #144 of Bonifay.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Hudson Best, Westville; his mother, Agnes Whitaker Callahan of Bonifay,and his sons, James Best, Jr. and wife Marsha, of Westville, and Issac Best and wife Rhonda, of Westville; sister, Patricia Hall of Westville, FL; nine grand children and one great grand child.
Funeral services were held Aug. 8, 2010 at the Sims Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dan Padgett officiating. Interment followed in the Hickory Hill Cemetery, Westville. Sims Funeral Home, Bonifaydirecting.

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Published by Washington County News from Aug. 13 to Aug. 18, 2010.

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Gloria Howard

September 2, 2010

I was so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of sorrow.
A classmate.

B Raines

August 15, 2010

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

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