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Elbert Austin “Mookey” Foster

Birth	:	17 Dec 1911 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	21 Jul 1997 Buena Vista City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Green Hill Cemetery, Buena Vista, Buena Vista City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7300200, -79.3758200
Description	:	Elbert Austin Foster, "Mookey", 85, of Buena Vista, died Monday, July 21, 1997, in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. Born December 17, 1911 in Buena Vista, he was the son of the late William Foster and Mamie Camden Foster Benson. He was a loom fixer at Bernson Silk Mills and then a welder at Lees Carpets before retiring. He was a member of the Stone Church of the Brethren, where he was a lifetime Deacon and served as church treasurer for 36 years. He was preceded in death by a son, James H. Foster. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Simpson... Read More	Elbert Austin Foster, "Mookey", 85, of Buena Vista, died Monday, July 21, 1997, in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. Born December 17, 1911 in Buena Vista, he was the son of the late William Foster and Mamie Camden Foster Benson. He was a loom fixer at Bernson Silk Mills and then a welder at Lees Carpets before retiring. He was a member of the Stone Church of the Brethren, where he was a lifetime Deacon and served as church treasurer for 36 years. He was preceded in death by a son, James H. Foster. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Simpson Foster, Buena Vista; a daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Anne and Marshall Smith, Buena Vista; daughter-in-law, Martha Grae Foster, Richmond; three sisters, Minnie Brown and Myerl Rhodes, both of Buena Vista, and Dorothy Lumpkin, Sandston; a brother, Atlee Benson, Masury, Ohio; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 24, 1997, at the Stone Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Chester Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Lomax Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Stone Church of the Brethren, Memorial Fund, 2162 Forest Ave., Buena Vista, Va. 24416. Roanoke Times, VA, Wednesday, July 23, 1997 obit thanks to #47335581

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Elbert Austin “Mookey” Foster death on 21 Jul 1997 in Buena Vista City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.7300200
Longitude: -79.3758200

Family Members:

Parent

William Thomas Foster

(1883 - 1918)

Mamelia Lee Camden Benson

(1889 - 1972)

Spouse

Margaret "Elsie" Simpson Foster

(1908 - 1999)

Siblings

Robert John Foster

(1906 - 1981)

Minnie W. Foster Brown

(1908 - 1999)

Mary Myerl Foster Rhodes

(1916 - 1999)

Dorothy Benson Lumpkin

(1920 - 2008)

Dennis Berry Benson

(1929 - 1995)

Children

Margaret Anne Foster Smith

(1931 - 2000)

James Houston Foster

(1933 - 1994)

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