About: Madeline and Ada Underwood

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Details: Charlie Best, his wife, Alva, and children, Zella Mae, Carl, and Verlan, gave refuge to the Underwood famly during the Great Depression in spring 1939. Tom Underwood asked if he and his daughters, Madeline, 9, and Ada, 7, could stay in their barn, but Charlie insisted that they stay in the house. The next morning, they left to go stay with friends in another part of Tennessee. A few days later, however, Zella Mae saw them passing by and told them that they could come stay with the Bests again. Tom agreed to leave them in their care while he looked for a job. They soon became part of the family; Charlie accepted them as his daughters. They went to school with them and helped shuck corn on the farm. Madeline was especially close to Alva, who had a severe nerve disorder. They finally

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rdfs:comment	Details: Charlie Best, his wife, Alva, and children, Zella Mae, Carl, and Verlan, gave refuge to the Underwood famly during the Great Depression in spring 1939. Tom Underwood asked if he and his daughters, Madeline, 9, and Ada, 7, could stay in their barn, but Charlie insisted that they stay in the house. The next morning, they left to go stay with friends in another part of Tennessee. A few days later, however, Zella Mae saw them passing by and told them that they could come stay with the Bests again. Tom agreed to leave them in their care while he looked for a job. They soon became part of the family; Charlie accepted them as his daughters. They went to school with them and helped shuck corn on the farm. Madeline was especially close to Alva, who had a severe nerve disorder. They finally
dcterms:subject	Solved Lost Loves Lost Loves Solved 1941 1941 Tennessee Tennessee
abstract	Details: Charlie Best, his wife, Alva, and children, Zella Mae, Carl, and Verlan, gave refuge to the Underwood famly during the Great Depression in spring 1939. Tom Underwood asked if he and his daughters, Madeline, 9, and Ada, 7, could stay in their barn, but Charlie insisted that they stay in the house. The next morning, they left to go stay with friends in another part of Tennessee. A few days later, however, Zella Mae saw them passing by and told them that they could come stay with the Bests again. Tom agreed to leave them in their care while he looked for a job. They soon became part of the family; Charlie accepted them as his daughters. They went to school with them and helped shuck corn on the farm. Madeline was especially close to Alva, who had a severe nerve disorder. They finally felt happy with their surrogate family. Within the next two years, Tom visited them twice. Finally, in 1941, he came to take them back. They were very reluctant to return to him, but he took them away before Charlie returned. A few months later, the Bests received a letter from them, stating that Tom had left them at an orphanage. However, before Charlie could go and retrieve them, Tom took them back once again. The Bests never heard from them again. Alva and Verlan later passed away. Charlie is now 91 years old and in ill health, however, he still wonders about the girls often. He, Zella Mae, and Carl are still searching for them. Extra Notes: This case first away on the January 29, 1992 episode. Results: Solved. Sadly, Madeline passed away in 1978. However, Ada was watching the broadcast and was soon reunited with Charlie, Carl, and Zella Mae. Charlie passed away eight weeks later, but the reunion with Ada brought him great comfort in his final days. Links: * Charlie Best at Find a Grave

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