Truman Royce Best^{[1, 2]}

1902 - 1960  (57 years)

• Name	Truman Royce Best
  Born	26 Nov 1902	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 7, Blount County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	25 Jul 1960  [4]
  Buried	Carpenters Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I206699	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Coy Oscar Best,   b. 24 Mar 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jun 1959  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Cora Irene Huffstetler,   b. 8 Jun 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Nov 1956  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F78766	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Flora Gertrude Blevins,   b. 31 Jul 1906, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Sep 1991  (Age 85 years)
  Children	+ 1. Cora Irene Best,   b. 16 Jan 1924, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Nov 2015, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 91 years) + 2. Wilma N. Best,   b. 22 Jun 1925, Tennessee   3. Edna Ruth Best,   b. Abt 1927, Tennessee  (Age ~ 97 years) + 4. Oscar Best,   b. 22 Feb 1929, Tennessee  (Age 95 years)   5. Mary Martha Best,   b. Abt 1931, Tennessee  (Age ~ 93 years)   6. Roscoe Best,   b. 27 Mar 1933,   d. 2 Mar 1934  (Age 0 years)   7. Myrle Best,   b. Abt 1935, Tennessee  (Age ~ 89 years)   8. Irma Grace Best,   b. Abt 1937, Tennessee  (Age ~ 87 years) + 9. Charles Edward Best,   b. 31 Jan 1940, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Mar 2008  (Age 68 years)   10. Tommy Best   11. Larry Best   12. Wayne Best
  Family ID	F88914	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Nov 1902 - Tennessee Buried - - Carpenters Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 3 Jan 2007. Vern Isaac Best obituary [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 12 Mar 2008. Charles Edward Best obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name Truman Best Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Civil District 7, Blount, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 38 Marital Status Married Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Relationship to Head of Household Head Birthplace Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated) 1902 Last Place of Residence Same House HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Truman Best Head M 38 Tennessee Gertrude Best Wife F 33 Tennessee Irene Best Daughter F 16 Tennessee Wilma Best Daughter F 14 Tennessee Edna Best Daughter F 13 Tennessee Oscar Best Son M 11 Tennessee Mary Martha Best Daughter F 9 Tennessee Myral Best Daughter F 5 Tennessee Emma Grace Best Daughter F 3 Tennessee Charles Edward Best Son M 0 Tennessee "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27880-13908-92?cc=2000219 : accessed 17 November 2015), Tennessee > Blount > Civil District 7 > 5-8 Civil District 7 (Carpenter Camp Ground), Mint, Montvale > image 22 of 45; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012). [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 27 Feb 2000. Edgar W. Best obituary [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 5770357).