He was born March 5, 1925, in Graves County, Ky., son of the late Elzo Ervin Foster and the late Nettie (Bennett) Foster. A World War II U.S. Army veteran, he served in the infantry and was a farmer and a retired employee of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Union City. He had lived in Graves County, Ky, in the Feliciana community, most of his life and was a member of Pilot Oak Baptist Church, the American Legion and Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Bobbye (Austin) Foster, whom he married June 2, 1946; his son and daughter-in-law, Rodney and Denise Foster of Brentwood; his daughter and son-in-law, Roma and Jimmie King of Fulton; six grandchildren and the spouses of two, Ginger and Skipper Bondurant of Brighton, Jim Ed and Melinda King of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Ryan Foster, Blake Foster, Vanessa Foster and Summer Louise Foster, all of Brentwood; and three great-grandchildren, Carter Bondurant and Shelby Bon-durant, both of Brighton, and Maxx Emerson King of Hattiesburg. He was also preceded in death by his stepmother, Volera Foster.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com. The Messenger, May 24, 2010
He was born March 5, 1925, in Graves County, Ky., son of the late Elzo Ervin Foster and the late Nettie (Bennett) Foster. A World War II U.S. Army veteran, he served in the infantry and was a farmer and a retired employee of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Union City. He had lived in Graves County, Ky, in the Feliciana community, most of his life and was a member of Pilot Oak Baptist Church, the American Legion and Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Bobbye (Austin) Foster, whom he married June 2, 1946; his son and daughter-in-law, Rodney and Denise Foster of Brentwood; his daughter and son-in-law, Roma and Jimmie King of Fulton; six grandchildren and the spouses of two, Ginger and Skipper Bondurant of Brighton, Jim Ed and Melinda King of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Ryan Foster, Blake Foster, Vanessa Foster and Summer Louise Foster, all of Brentwood; and three great-grandchildren, Carter Bondurant and Shelby Bon-durant, both of Brighton, and Maxx Emerson King of Hattiesburg. He was also preceded in death by his stepmother, Volera Foster.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com. The Messenger, May 24, 2010
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