Shirley M. Best
1939-2024
Shirley (Hudson) Best, 85, of Edmond, Oklahoma went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 9, 2024. She was born June 9, 1939 in Tryon, OK to Chester and Tessie Hudson. She married Norman (Bud) Best on January 5, 1954.
Shirley was a member of the Oklahoma Daylily Club. Shirley and Bud were on the garden tour for the 1999 American Hemerocallis Society National Convention. Shirley had more than 500 different daylilies.
Shirley was a member of Seward Road Baptist Church in Guthrie, OK. She enjoyed flower gardening, bowling, ceramics, playing cards, raising Pomeranian and Yorkie dogs, collecting Beanie Babies and Cookie Jars and most of all spending time with her family. She was a loving wife, Mother, Mother-in-Law, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. She is greatly loved and respected by all her family and friends who were blessed to have known her. She will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by husband, Norman (Bud) Best; son, Norman Glen Best, Jr.; parents, Chester and Tessie Hudson; sisters, Lois Anderson; Norma Pugh; Phyllis (Donnell) Whitlow; brothers, Ray Hudson and J.R. Hudson; and grandson, Norman (Ford) Reno.
Shirley is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Carlotta and Jim Wood; daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Sterling Markel; granddaughter and her family, Kristi, Casey, Elli and Sadie Robinson; and grandson and his family, Josh, Asher and Asa Wood all of Edmond; brother and sister-in-law, Glen and Shirley Hudson of Midwest City and many other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be Sunday, October 13, 2024 at Matthews Funeral Home. from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Funeral services for Shirley will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, October 14, 2024 at Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond. Interment will follow at Carney Cemetery, Carney, OK.
We will be live streaming this service in an effort to accommodate those people that wish to attend but are not able to. To watch the service CLICK HERE to go to our YouTube page. Click on ‘Videos’, then ‘Live Streams’.
Loved Aunt Shirley! She was always kind and inclusive and she always called me Sissy. Aunt Shirley was a great lady. She is now with so many she has not seen in awhile. I can see her smile. Many prayers for you Carlotta and Charlotte.
Thank you so much Barb, wish I could have seen you at the service
Shirley was a great Sistr-In-Law and we always enjoyed our Spades or Domino games with her and Bud. She had a heart of gold and she will be missed with fondness of life and love of her family. She always greeted with a smile of “Come On In”.
Thank you Gayle. You all had a lot of good times together