Best, Ted Raymond 30.apr.1904-24.oct.1979 USA Iowa, Chariton - New Mexico, Carlsbad
violinist, conductor, studied violin with C Burell Steer and Theodore Pashkus, theory and composition with Franz Kushan, teacher in Iowa and New Mexico Schools, taught at the National Institute of Music and Art in Los Angeles, taught privately in Iowa, Texas and New Mexico, 1950 conductor of Carlsbad Symphony and band instructor Eddy County Schools New Mexico, state chairman of orchestras for American Federation of Music Clubs in New Mexico, 1950 residing at South Cavern Highway in Carlsbad ; 25.nov.1925 in Des Moines Iowa he married Elizabeth Louise Evans (Iowa, Keb 21.sep.1902-12.sep.1964 Carlsbad) ; 17.apr.1966 in Wichita Texas he married musician Naomi Fern Jackson (Missouri, Monett Barry 13.apr.1917-1.may.2002 New Mexico, Albuquerque)