A memorial service for Evelyn Foster, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, in the chapel of Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial in Little Bahala Cemetery in Lincoln County. Dr. Tommy Middleton will officiate.
Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Foster, 86, died July 18, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare.
She was born in Poplarville on Feb. 9, 1920, to Charles Gorenflo and Susie Day Gorenflo.
She was a 1939 graduate of Brookhaven High School. She was a homemaker and at one time, she was a seamstress at Stahl-Urban. She and her husband owned and operated Foster's Superette and J.M. Foster Trucking Co. on New Sight Road.
She was a volunteer at King's Daughters Medical Center and a member of LLL. For several years, she was active in the Brookhaven Garden Club, where she shared her love for raising African violets with her many friends and neighbors. As a charter member of Halbert Heights Baptist Church, she served as a children's Sunday school teacher. More recently, she was a member of Easthaven Baptist Church and a grateful recipient of their homebound ministry.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband of 48 years, J.M. Foster; her son, Jimmy Foster; and her brothers, Charles, Isham and J.R. Gorenflo.
Survivors are her son Roger Glenn Foster and wife Jan, of Brandon; her daughters, Wanda Evans and husband Charley, of Brookhaven, Pam Guitreau and husband David, of Baton Rouge, La.; her daughter-in-law, Peggy Foster, of Brookhaven; her sisters, Juanita Smith and Bess Norwood, both of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Cindy Smith, Christi Mills, Debbie Evans, Barry Foster, Jeff Evans, Jennifer Allen, Kimberly Collins, Rusty Allen and Carrie Foster; 15 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
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Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Foster, 86, died July 18, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare.
She was born in Poplarville on Feb. 9, 1920, to Charles Gorenflo and Susie Day Gorenflo.
She was a 1939 graduate of Brookhaven High School. She was a homemaker and at one time, she was a seamstress at Stahl-Urban. She and her husband owned and operated Foster's Superette and J.M. Foster Trucking Co. on New Sight Road.
She was a volunteer at King's Daughters Medical Center and a member of LLL. For several years, she was active in the Brookhaven Garden Club, where she shared her love for raising African violets with her many friends and neighbors. As a charter member of Halbert Heights Baptist Church, she served as a children's Sunday school teacher. More recently, she was a member of Easthaven Baptist Church and a grateful recipient of their homebound ministry.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband of 48 years, J.M. Foster; her son, Jimmy Foster; and her brothers, Charles, Isham and J.R. Gorenflo.
Survivors are her son Roger Glenn Foster and wife Jan, of Brandon; her daughters, Wanda Evans and husband Charley, of Brookhaven, Pam Guitreau and husband David, of Baton Rouge, La.; her daughter-in-law, Peggy Foster, of Brookhaven; her sisters, Juanita Smith and Bess Norwood, both of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Cindy Smith, Christi Mills, Debbie Evans, Barry Foster, Jeff Evans, Jennifer Allen, Kimberly Collins, Rusty Allen and Carrie Foster; 15 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
The Daily Leader
A memorial service for Evelyn Foster, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, in the chapel of Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial in Little Bahala Cemetery in Lincoln County. Dr. Tommy Middleton will officiate.
Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Foster, 86, died July 18, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare.
She was born in Poplarville on Feb. 9, 1920, to Charles Gorenflo and Susie Day Gorenflo.
She was a 1939 graduate of Brookhaven High School. She was a homemaker and at one time, she was a seamstress at Stahl-Urban. She and her husband owned and operated Foster's Superette and J.M. Foster Trucking Co. on New Sight Road.
She was a volunteer at King's Daughters Medical Center and a member of LLL. For several years, she was active in the Brookhaven Garden Club, where she shared her love for raising African violets with her many friends and neighbors. As a charter member of Halbert Heights Baptist Church, she served as a children's Sunday school teacher. More recently, she was a member of Easthaven Baptist Church and a grateful recipient of their homebound ministry.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband of 48 years, J.M. Foster; her son, Jimmy Foster; and her brothers, Charles, Isham and J.R. Gorenflo.
Survivors are her son Roger Glenn Foster and wife Jan, of Brandon; her daughters, Wanda Evans and husband Charley, of Brookhaven, Pam Guitreau and husband David, of Baton Rouge, La.; her daughter-in-law, Peggy Foster, of Brookhaven; her sisters, Juanita Smith and Bess Norwood, both of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Cindy Smith, Christi Mills, Debbie Evans, Barry Foster, Jeff Evans, Jennifer Allen, Kimberly Collins, Rusty Allen and Carrie Foster; 15 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
The Daily Leader
Visitation is today from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Foster, 86, died July 18, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare.
She was born in Poplarville on Feb. 9, 1920, to Charles Gorenflo and Susie Day Gorenflo.
She was a 1939 graduate of Brookhaven High School. She was a homemaker and at one time, she was a seamstress at Stahl-Urban. She and her husband owned and operated Foster's Superette and J.M. Foster Trucking Co. on New Sight Road.
She was a volunteer at King's Daughters Medical Center and a member of LLL. For several years, she was active in the Brookhaven Garden Club, where she shared her love for raising African violets with her many friends and neighbors. As a charter member of Halbert Heights Baptist Church, she served as a children's Sunday school teacher. More recently, she was a member of Easthaven Baptist Church and a grateful recipient of their homebound ministry.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband of 48 years, J.M. Foster; her son, Jimmy Foster; and her brothers, Charles, Isham and J.R. Gorenflo.
Survivors are her son Roger Glenn Foster and wife Jan, of Brandon; her daughters, Wanda Evans and husband Charley, of Brookhaven, Pam Guitreau and husband David, of Baton Rouge, La.; her daughter-in-law, Peggy Foster, of Brookhaven; her sisters, Juanita Smith and Bess Norwood, both of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Cindy Smith, Christi Mills, Debbie Evans, Barry Foster, Jeff Evans, Jennifer Allen, Kimberly Collins, Rusty Allen and Carrie Foster; 15 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
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