William R. Foster

Abt 1867 - 1940  (73 years)

• Name	William R. Foster
  Birth	Abt 1867	TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	EE85DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4EED87
  Death	May 1940
  Burial	Old Orchard Cemetery, Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN
  Person ID	I1784	sorrells
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2003

  
  

  Father	John Roberts Foster,   b. 22 Sep 1827, Foster Hollow, Lincoln Co., TN d. 11 Oct 1897, Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Nichols,   b. 22 Apr 1832, Lincoln Co., TN d. 13 Nov 1905, Lincoln Co., TN (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1848	Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN
  Family ID	F921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F9024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Foster Rites for William R. Foster, aged 73 years, retired rural mail carrier, who died at his home in Petersburg Thursday after a brief illness were conducted Friday afternoon at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by Rev. Vaughn Fults, assisted by Rev. D. B. Smith. He was the son of John R. Foster and Mary Nichols Foster, an elder in the Petersburg Presbyterian Church for a number of years and had been active in church work until recently. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Tula Smith Foster; one son Floyd Foster, of Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Lee Pat Hastings, of Petersburg; three grandchildren, Billy, Jack and Charles Hastings; three brothers, Newton J. Foster, of Shelbyville; Alton Foster, of Salem, Ind., and Golie A. Foster, of Petersburg; several nieces and nephews. Burial was in Old Orchard Cemetery. Lincoln County News - May 16, 1940