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