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Submitted: 1/26/21 • Approved: 1/27/21 • Last Updated: 1/30/21 • R382637-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army
World War II
May 9, 1917-November 18, 1998
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Leon M. Foster, 81, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Field of Honor at Westlawn Memorial Park at Borger with the Rev. Allen Norris, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Amarillo, officiating. Arrangements are by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Foster was born in Lockney and moved to Amarillo 32 years ago from Pampa. He had been a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church. He retired in 1969 as a mechanic for Cabot Corp. and served in the Army during World War II.
He married Nell Mowery in 1966 at Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Rodney Foster of Grove, Okla.; a daughter, Elaine Jay of Parsons, Kan.; a brother, Leonard Foster of Borger; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Globe News - November 20, 1998)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Leon Marion Foster
Birth Date: 9 May 1917
Birth Place: Lockney, Floyd, Texas, USA
Father: Gus Foster
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Leon M Foster
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 May 1917
Death Date: 18 Nov 1998
Claim Date: 30 Nov 1974
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