Obituaries: James Robert "Bob" Foster, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: August 26, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For J. R. Foster Held Thursday

Funeral services for James Robert (Bob) Foster, 50 year old Winnfield
carpenter, were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the First Baptist
Church here with the Rev. Henry J. Mott, pastor of the Prospect Baptist Church
in Grant Parish, officiating.  Interment was made in the Sardis Cemetery under
the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

The deceased succumbed to a heart attack Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at
his home in Winnfield.

Mr. Foster was born on April 5, 1893 in Winn Parish, the son of the late Rev.
G. B. Foster and Fannie Richardson of Winnfield.  He was reared in this parish
where he followed the carpenter trade.

For many years, Mr. Foster was an active member of the First Baptist Church of
Winnfield.  He was a member of the Kingdom Builders Bible class, which is
taught by Judge Cas Moss.

Surviving the deceased are his wife of Winnfield; two sons in service, Rudolph
Foster of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Weston Garland Foster, of Keesler's Field,
Mississippi; four sisters, Mrs. R. L. Barton of Mangham, La., Mrs. O. B. Leary
of Rayville, La., Mrs. E. H. Lasyone of New Verda, La., and Mrs. J. W. Lasyone
of Winnfield; and three brothers, Rev. Harry Foster of Winnfield, Tom Foster
of Colfax, and Pvt. Murphy J. Foster, a member of the U. S. Army overseas.