DELOIT COTTON BEST
Oct. 2, 1985-Dec. 30, 2013
GRANTHAM — Deloit Cotton Best, 28, passed away Monday evening.
Born in Wayne County, he was the son of Richard and Deane Cotton Best.
Cotton was a member of Eureka Christian Church, and a graduate of East Carolina University.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at Eureka Christian Church, with the Rev. Frank Purvis officiating.
The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the service.
A private burial will take place at a later date in Cotton Family Cemetery.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Hannah Best of Raleigh; a brother, Will Best of Grantham; and grandmother, Nannie Cotton Mills and husband, Roy of Grantham.
Cotton was preceded in death by grandparents, Deloit Cotton and Bill and Inez Best.
Flowers are welcome and memorial contributions may be sent to the Helen Little Haiti Foundation, c/o Oasis Orphanage, 3833 Hidden Branches Drive, Raleigh, N.C., 27613.
Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Best family, and online condolences may be directed to www.shumate-faulk.com.
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Published in Obituaries on January 2, 2014 7:35 AM