Elnora Best

Elnora Best, 88, of Kimball Township, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2012.

She was born July 11, 1923 in Homer, Louisiana to the late John and Pairlee Abbott. Mrs. Best was employed at Gee Gee Cleaners in Detroit for many years. She loved people and was generous and helpful to everyone she met.

She is survived by a daughter, Bessie Simmons; a sister, Clara McGee; a brother, Walker (Leitha) Abbott; ten grandchildren, Nathaniel and Richard Burns, Trena and Tamaiko McFarland, Elaine Shockley, Cass Eccles, Jean, Dennis, Bernice and Fay Simmons; 30 great grandchildren; caregiver, Cathy Trice and her daughter Libby; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Clinton Burns and Julius Best; two daughters, Mattie Faye Eccles and Anita Louise McFarland; five brothers; and four sisters.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday in Pollock-Randall Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2012 in Christ Centered Community Church, 1923 23rd St., Port Huron. The Reverend Kevin Totty will officiate.

Burial will be in Caswell Cemetery.