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Bertha Mae Best 1901–1994 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Sept 1901

Birth Location: Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 11 March 1994

Death Location: Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States

Father: William Best

Mother: Florence Underwood

Spouse(s): Raymond Sutton

Children(s): Elena Sutton, Willie Sutton, Carmel Sutton, Thelma Sutton, Leburn Sutton, Luby Sutton, Joe Sr., Glenn Sutton, Forrest Sutton, Festus Jr.

Bertha Mae Best was born in 1901 in Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Theophilus Best And Florence M Underwood. Bertha Mae Best married Raymond Ulysses Sutton, and had children including Carmel Sutton, Elena Sutton, Festus Durant Charlie Sutton Jr, Forrest Weldon Buck Sutton, Glenn Edward Sutton, Joe Dan Sutton Sr, Leburn Turnage Sutton, Luby Ray Sutton, Thelma Sutton, Willie Mae Sutton. Bertha Mae Best passed away in 1994 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Bertha Mae Best was born in 1901 in Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Theophilus Best And Florence M Underwood.
  • Bertha Mae Best married Raymond Ulysses Sutton, and had children including Carmel Sutton, Elena Sutton, Festus Durant Charlie Sutton Jr, Forrest Weldon Buck Sutton, Glenn Edward Sutton, Joe Dan Sutton Sr, Leburn Turnage Sutton, Luby Ray Sutton, Thelma Sutton, Willie Mae Sutton.
  • Bertha Mae Best passed away in 1994 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States.

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Bertha Best's Ancestors

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Bertha Best
1901–1994
Birth Place: Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Parents
William Theophilus Best
1870–1923
Grantham, Wayne, North Carolina, USA
Florence (M) Underwood
1883–1960
Sampson, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Rederick ("Reddie" Sampson) Underwood
1853–1919
Sampson County, North Carolina, USA
Margarette (Victoria) Crusenberry
1849–1927
Sampson County, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bertha Best's Descendants

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Bertha (Mae) Best (3 Sept 1901–11 March 1994) m. Raymond (Ulysses) Sutton (9 Jun 1897–1 Mar 1965)
  1. 1. Elena Sutton 1919–2018
  2. 2. Willie (Mae) Sutton 1924–2002
  3. 3. Carmel Sutton 1922–2013
  4. 4. Thelma Sutton 1917–2003
  5. 5. Leburn (Turnage) Sutton 1930–1998
  6. 6. Luby (Ray) Sutton 1935–1985 m. Maude (Elizabeth) Jordan 1933–2002
  7. 7. Joe (Dan Sutton) Sr. 1937–1991
  8. 8. Glenn (Edward) Sutton 1942–2012
  9. 9. Forrest (Weldon "Buck") Sutton 1927–2009
  10. 10. Festus (Durant "Charlie" Sutton) Jr. 1929–1997

Bertha Best's Timeline

2 Records

1901
3 Sept 1901
Birth of Bertha Mae Best in Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
1994
11 March 1994
Age 93
Death of Bertha Mae Best in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States
Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Sept 1901
    Event Place: Mount Olive, Duplin, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 March 1994
    Event Place: Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States

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