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June Best Obituary
June 27, 1948 - April 26, 2025
On Saturday morning, April 26, 2025, surrounded by her husband and daughters, June Cleo Bell Best, 76, peacefully left this earthly world and claimed her reward of eternal life. June, daughter of the late Velon Augustus Bell and Ruth Virginia Morris Bell, was born on June 27, 1948, in Powhatan, Virginia. She was the eldest of five children.
Cherishing her memory are her loving husband of over 56 years, Thomas ("Tom") Best; her devoted children, Kimberly Best Johnson and Kiva Rogers; grandchildren, Christian Best, Jeremiah Johnson, and Caleb Rogers; two sons-in-law, Edward Johnson and Taurus Rogers; three sisters, Deborah Bell-Feddiman (Sewell), Chandra C. Bell, and Keisha Dawn Bell; a brother, Darrick H. Bell (Alice); aunts, Lena Johnson and Florine Bell; uncle, Clarence Morris, Sr. (Karen); great aunt, Mary Jones; great uncle, Andrew Miles; sisters-in-law, Sarah Bazemore, Ethel May, and Ruth Suggs; brother-in-law, Robert Earl Best; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends, including dedicated nephew, Samuel Sheppard, devoted friends, Suzette Dabney, Minnie Thomas, Mary Williams, and Sylvia Parker, and loving supporter, Deborah Strand.
Her remains rest at Marian Gray Thomas Funeral Home, 64 Cartersville Road, Cumberland, Virginia, 23040. Funeral services will be held at Antioch Baptist Church, 1384 New Market Road, Richmond, Virginia, 23231, on Friday, May 2, 2025. The public may view from 11 a.m. until the start of services at noon. Interment at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, 2591 Ridge Road, Powhatan, Virginia 23139.
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