The son of John Humble Foster & Sarrah Ann Mahan. Born in Mammoth, Ozark County, Missouri, he grew up literally in a log cabin, the middle son in a family of twelve children, several of which never lived to see adulthood because of the harsh and rustic living conditions of rural Ozark County at the turn of the 20th century. He emigrated with his parents to the Coweta area in 1917 when he was 10 years old, settling on a homestead along the Arkansas River south of Coweta on what is now known as South 305th East Avenue. He married my grandmother Mae Bramlette on October 15, 1932 in Coweta, Oklahoma. They eventually settled down there and raised four boys in the aftermath of the Great Depression and through World War II. Like other men of 'The Greatest Generation', he volunteered his services during World War II, but because he was 42 years old at the time, he was assigned stateside duty for the duration of the war. His post-war trade was as a railroad worker for MK&T railroad, then as an electrical linesman for the Public Service Company of Oklahoma until his retirement in 1970. During his tenure at PSO, he was the only lineman (white) who would go into the negro towns of that era, notably Redbird, Tullahassee and Taft, to install electric service for the residents of those communities. As a result of that service, he was highly regarded by those folks and 'Slim' Foster and the Foster name itself was greatly esteemed among the towns and the folks who lived in them for several generations afterward. His retirement found him busy in civic activities as a board member and city councilman, as well as having a leadership role with the 'Golden Agers' Senior Citizens Center of Coweta. He passed away suddenly at a son's home in Talala, Oklahoma shortly after his 70th birthday. He left behind his wife of 45 years, Mae, and their 4 sons, Donald Lee, Juddie Dean, Johnny Edward and Cecil Leon. Also left behind were 15 grandchildren.