JONES COUNTY - Annie LaVerne Foster, 80, of Foster Road, died Saturday, June 9, 2007 in a local hospital. Burial
in Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jones County. Rev. Johnny Watts and Rev. John Irwin officiated.
Mrs. Foster, the daughter of the late James Wesley Hollis and Mary Jane Tidwell Hollis, was born on December 12,
1926, in Macon and had lived most of her life in Jones County. She attended Mercer University, earned her Bachelor of Science from Georgia State College for Women and earned her Master's and Specialist's degrees from the University of Georgia. Mrs. Foster began her career teaching the second grade at Griswold Elementary School and eventually retired as a school media specialist with the Bibb County Board of Education.
A faithful member of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church for many years, she was an honorary member and first
president of the Pitts Chapel United Methodist Women and was a Sunday School teacher.
Mrs. Foster was a member of the University of Georgia Alumni Association, the Bibb Retired Educators Association, the Georgia Retired Teachers Association, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society of Educators), Kappa Kappa Iota (Chi Chapter) and the Georgia Library Association. She was also a member of the Oliver Morton Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution and the Georgia Cameo Society.
Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Bailey Foster.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her son and daughter-in-law,
Tommy and Rita Foster of Jones County; daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Steve Grimes, Nancy and Victor Clay and Mary and Johnny Watts, all of Jones County; sisters and brothers-in-law, Velma and B.C. Brantley of Dublin and Pat
and John Murray; and by twelve grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
in Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jones County. Rev. Johnny Watts and Rev. John Irwin officiated.
Mrs. Foster, the daughter of the late James Wesley Hollis and Mary Jane Tidwell Hollis, was born on December 12,
1926, in Macon and had lived most of her life in Jones County. She attended Mercer University, earned her Bachelor of Science from Georgia State College for Women and earned her Master's and Specialist's degrees from the University of Georgia. Mrs. Foster began her career teaching the second grade at Griswold Elementary School and eventually retired as a school media specialist with the Bibb County Board of Education.
A faithful member of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church for many years, she was an honorary member and first
president of the Pitts Chapel United Methodist Women and was a Sunday School teacher.
Mrs. Foster was a member of the University of Georgia Alumni Association, the Bibb Retired Educators Association, the Georgia Retired Teachers Association, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society of Educators), Kappa Kappa Iota (Chi Chapter) and the Georgia Library Association. She was also a member of the Oliver Morton Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution and the Georgia Cameo Society.
Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Bailey Foster.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her son and daughter-in-law,
Tommy and Rita Foster of Jones County; daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Steve Grimes, Nancy and Victor Clay and Mary and Johnny Watts, all of Jones County; sisters and brothers-in-law, Velma and B.C. Brantley of Dublin and Pat
and John Murray; and by twelve grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
JONES COUNTY - Annie LaVerne Foster, 80, of Foster Road, died Saturday, June 9, 2007 in a local hospital. Burial
in Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jones County. Rev. Johnny Watts and Rev. John Irwin officiated.
Mrs. Foster, the daughter of the late James Wesley Hollis and Mary Jane Tidwell Hollis, was born on December 12,
1926, in Macon and had lived most of her life in Jones County. She attended Mercer University, earned her Bachelor of Science from Georgia State College for Women and earned her Master's and Specialist's degrees from the University of Georgia. Mrs. Foster began her career teaching the second grade at Griswold Elementary School and eventually retired as a school media specialist with the Bibb County Board of Education.
A faithful member of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church for many years, she was an honorary member and first
president of the Pitts Chapel United Methodist Women and was a Sunday School teacher.
Mrs. Foster was a member of the University of Georgia Alumni Association, the Bibb Retired Educators Association, the Georgia Retired Teachers Association, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society of Educators), Kappa Kappa Iota (Chi Chapter) and the Georgia Library Association. She was also a member of the Oliver Morton Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution and the Georgia Cameo Society.
Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Bailey Foster.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her son and daughter-in-law,
Tommy and Rita Foster of Jones County; daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Steve Grimes, Nancy and Victor Clay and Mary and Johnny Watts, all of Jones County; sisters and brothers-in-law, Velma and B.C. Brantley of Dublin and Pat
and John Murray; and by twelve grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
in Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jones County. Rev. Johnny Watts and Rev. John Irwin officiated.
Mrs. Foster, the daughter of the late James Wesley Hollis and Mary Jane Tidwell Hollis, was born on December 12,
1926, in Macon and had lived most of her life in Jones County. She attended Mercer University, earned her Bachelor of Science from Georgia State College for Women and earned her Master's and Specialist's degrees from the University of Georgia. Mrs. Foster began her career teaching the second grade at Griswold Elementary School and eventually retired as a school media specialist with the Bibb County Board of Education.
A faithful member of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church for many years, she was an honorary member and first
president of the Pitts Chapel United Methodist Women and was a Sunday School teacher.
Mrs. Foster was a member of the University of Georgia Alumni Association, the Bibb Retired Educators Association, the Georgia Retired Teachers Association, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society of Educators), Kappa Kappa Iota (Chi Chapter) and the Georgia Library Association. She was also a member of the Oliver Morton Chapter of the National Daughters of the American Revolution and the Georgia Cameo Society.
Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Bailey Foster.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her son and daughter-in-law,
Tommy and Rita Foster of Jones County; daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Steve Grimes, Nancy and Victor Clay and Mary and Johnny Watts, all of Jones County; sisters and brothers-in-law, Velma and B.C. Brantley of Dublin and Pat
and John Murray; and by twelve grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
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