Nellie Rich Best Lee, 90, Maysville School Road in the Beautancus community, passed away Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2011, at Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville.
Funeral services were held at Tyndall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerald Garris and the Rev. Paul Rose officiating.
Visitation followed the service, and at other times, the family was at the home of Bobby and wife Cathy Best.
Surviving family members include three sons, Robert H. "Bobby" Best Jr. and his wife Cathy, Nelson Best and his wife Debbie, and Douglas Best and his wife Joyce; three daughters, Betty B. Reid, Linda B. Alphin, and Wilma B. Taylor; a sister, Ruth R. Westbrook; her longtime companion Robert Justice; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie B. Barfield; her two husbands, Robert Henry Best and David Olen Lee; her parents, Lewis Henry Rich and Ella Grant Rich; and her siblings, Orus N. Rich, Delmas Rich, Reva Rich, Lacy H. Rich, Carey G. Rich and Rachel R. Lee.
Mrs. Lee was a retired homemaker and a farmer's wife who became a farmer, and had enjoyed a tenure of employment in the cafeteria at Mount Olive College. She was a member of Bear Marsh Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at Tyndall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerald Garris and the Rev. Paul Rose officiating.
Visitation followed the service, and at other times, the family was at the home of Bobby and wife Cathy Best.
Surviving family members include three sons, Robert H. "Bobby" Best Jr. and his wife Cathy, Nelson Best and his wife Debbie, and Douglas Best and his wife Joyce; three daughters, Betty B. Reid, Linda B. Alphin, and Wilma B. Taylor; a sister, Ruth R. Westbrook; her longtime companion Robert Justice; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie B. Barfield; her two husbands, Robert Henry Best and David Olen Lee; her parents, Lewis Henry Rich and Ella Grant Rich; and her siblings, Orus N. Rich, Delmas Rich, Reva Rich, Lacy H. Rich, Carey G. Rich and Rachel R. Lee.
Mrs. Lee was a retired homemaker and a farmer's wife who became a farmer, and had enjoyed a tenure of employment in the cafeteria at Mount Olive College. She was a member of Bear Marsh Baptist Church.
Nellie Rich Best Lee, 90, Maysville School Road in the Beautancus community, passed away Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2011, at Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville.
Funeral services were held at Tyndall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerald Garris and the Rev. Paul Rose officiating.
Visitation followed the service, and at other times, the family was at the home of Bobby and wife Cathy Best.
Surviving family members include three sons, Robert H. "Bobby" Best Jr. and his wife Cathy, Nelson Best and his wife Debbie, and Douglas Best and his wife Joyce; three daughters, Betty B. Reid, Linda B. Alphin, and Wilma B. Taylor; a sister, Ruth R. Westbrook; her longtime companion Robert Justice; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie B. Barfield; her two husbands, Robert Henry Best and David Olen Lee; her parents, Lewis Henry Rich and Ella Grant Rich; and her siblings, Orus N. Rich, Delmas Rich, Reva Rich, Lacy H. Rich, Carey G. Rich and Rachel R. Lee.
Mrs. Lee was a retired homemaker and a farmer's wife who became a farmer, and had enjoyed a tenure of employment in the cafeteria at Mount Olive College. She was a member of Bear Marsh Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at Tyndall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerald Garris and the Rev. Paul Rose officiating.
Visitation followed the service, and at other times, the family was at the home of Bobby and wife Cathy Best.
Surviving family members include three sons, Robert H. "Bobby" Best Jr. and his wife Cathy, Nelson Best and his wife Debbie, and Douglas Best and his wife Joyce; three daughters, Betty B. Reid, Linda B. Alphin, and Wilma B. Taylor; a sister, Ruth R. Westbrook; her longtime companion Robert Justice; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie B. Barfield; her two husbands, Robert Henry Best and David Olen Lee; her parents, Lewis Henry Rich and Ella Grant Rich; and her siblings, Orus N. Rich, Delmas Rich, Reva Rich, Lacy H. Rich, Carey G. Rich and Rachel R. Lee.
Mrs. Lee was a retired homemaker and a farmer's wife who became a farmer, and had enjoyed a tenure of employment in the cafeteria at Mount Olive College. She was a member of Bear Marsh Baptist Church.
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