Marie Harris Foster

Funeral services for Marie Harris Foster, 82, of Rusk are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2007, in the Wallace-Thompson funeral home chapel with the Rev. Lee Welch officiating. Interment will be at Russell Cemetery on FM 23 under the direction of Wallace-Thompson funeral home in Rusk.

Mrs. Foster died May 18, 2007, in a Lufkin hospice. She was born Nov. 13, 1924, in Tellico Plains, TN to the late Sam and Mary Alice Hunt Harris.

Mrs. Foster was a resident of Rusk for 35 years formerly of Tellico Plains, Tenn. She was a Baptist and retired from the Rusk State Hospital after 25 years of service.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edmond Paul Foster in 2001; and two brothers, Ted Harris and Reed Harris.

She is survived by a son, Sammy Foster of Rusk; three daughters and two son-in-laws, Sandra and Ronnie Hall of Rusk, Susan and Scott Womack of Rusk, Debbie Blevins of Tyler; two sisters and brother-in-laws, Willa Mae and Dillard Nichols of Maryville, Tenn., Margaret and Oscar O’Dell of Tellico Plains, Tenn.; seven grandchildren including Mark Hayes of Rusk, LaShawn Lloyd of Mansfield, Texas, Brian Foster of Denton, Texas, Sydney Womack of Rusk, Ashley Blevins of Tyler, Austin Blevins of Tyler and Ethan Womack of Rusk; four great grandchildren, Austin, Taylor, Mickalya and Chris of Mansfield; numerous nieces and nephews and special caregiver Salena Kimbrell of Rusk. Pallbearers will be Josh Jenkins, Michael Knight, Michael Miller, David Mitchell, Carl Loden and Mario Rojas. Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m., Sunday, May 20, 2007, at the funeral home.

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress