JUANITA B. NASH


LOUISBURG - Juanita Best Nash, 84, daughter of the late J.T. and Lucy Pernell Best, died Friday, April 1, 2016. Funeral service was at 3 p.m. Monday, April 4, at White Level Baptist Church. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park.

She was a lifelong resident of Franklin County. She was a member of White Level Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing in the choir and serving on the hospitality committee.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Ervin, Talmadge, Bryant, Charles Howard and George Best, and by her sisters, Irma Best Wood and Edith Best Ferrell.

Surviving: husband, Willard Nash; children, Sheila Nash Leonard (Mark), Kent Nash (Rhonda), all of Louisburg. and Gaye Nash Stallings (Jim) of Greenville; sisters, Emily Best Proctor of Greenville and Judy Best Staley of Louisburg; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Flowers accepted or memorial contributions can be made to White Level Baptist Church, Building Fund, 2400 White Level Road, Louisburg, NC 27549.

Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.