Lela Madge Best

Services for Lela Madge Best, 92, of Gladewater, will be held on Monday, August 5, 2013, at 2 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend James Thompson and Reverend Tim York officiating. Burial will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. Born on August 7, 1920, she entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She is survived by son, David E. Best, Sr. of Gladewater; daughter, Carol Jeanette Spencer of Jefferson; 5 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Franklin Dwayne Hamiter of Arizona; 2 sisters, Helen Beshea of Sarapta, Louisiana; Ruth Long of Gladewater; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Bertha Hamiter; her husband, Reverend J.W. Best; brother, David Alton Hamiter; sister, Margene Osborn. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 P.M. on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.