SAN ANTONIO, TX--Chief Warrant Officer W-4, USAF, Ret., Charles Thomas Best is being brought home to rest in eternal peace with a Memorial Service to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home at 2700 Jackson Blvd. in Raid City, SD. "Charlie" passed away on December 5, 2008, in San Antonio, TX. Charles Thomas Best was born November 16, 1915, in Asheville, North Carolina. He enlisted in the military in 1941, and made his career in the Air Force. He was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Charles met and married Marguerite Holly on Dec. 26, 1948. They had two daughters. Traveling world-wide in the military, he retired in 1966 at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base in Oklahoma and returned to Rapid City, where he resided for the next 40 years. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Marguerite; daughters, Linda Zeigler, of San Antonio, Texas and Nancy Best of Kingman, Arizona. Condolence may be mailed to the family at: PO Box 6907, Kingman, AZ, 86402.