BIO: by Karla Todd Sherer - granddaughter

Son of Francis Benjamin "Frank" and Sallie Gordy Hudson. Foster, as he was known to family and friends, was an attorney in Idabel, Oklahoma. A graduate of UT, during his law career in Idabel he was a prosecutor in private law practice then he worked as City Attorney, County Attorney, and also as a Judge, all in Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma. However, he tried cases in other parts of the state.

On 18 Nov 1915, he married Lura Jane Bryant in Milan, Gibson Co., TN. They raised a boy and 3 girls and they are Murphy Foster Jr., Alice Jane, Betty Ann, and Jettie Joy. He was grandfather to 9 grandchildren, only one of whom he lived to see. A veteran of WWI, serving his country in the U.S. Army. He received an honorable discharge on 20 Dec 1918 - Sergeant in Army., 162 Depot Brig. 28th Co., 7th Rec. Bn. I believe he only served about 4 months but don't know why he was honorably discharged at this time. Army Serial #3814995.

Foster was born and raised on and/or near a sugar plantation in Bayou Sale, St. Mary Pa., Louisiana. They grew and milled their own sugar cane then shipped it via their backyard - the Intracoastal Waterway, to New Orleans for sale. One of many in it's day, the plantation was called South Bend and was established by his grandfather Benjamin F. Hudson. Foster's father, Frank Hudson, was also born and raised there. His mother, Sarah E. "Sallie" Gordy Hudson was born and raised on the Gordy Plantation - a neighboring sugar plantation also long owned by her Gordy family. After the Civil War, the sugar planting became less lucrative and other crops were tried such as cotton, corn, and fruits. Mostly berries, figs, and some citrus. It is said of Bayou Sale that the land is so very fertile that most any crop does well and it's one of the few places where crop rotation does not have to be done. As the cost of growing the cane crops increased, and as they became retirement age, Frank and Sallie left the land and many of Foster's generation of their children left Bayou Sale for other lives. Frank and Sallie are buried in Groves, Jefferson Co., Texas, where many of their children were living nearby.

Foster had 2 full brothers, 4 half sisters, and 5 half brothers by his father and 2 half-sisters by his mother. They are all shown below.

I did not know my grandfather. He died before I was born but I try to honor his memory here in sharing what I know about his life.

never forgotten.....