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Submitted: 6/1/22 • Approved: 6/1/22 • Last Updated: 6/4/22 • R517443-G0-S3
1855-1936
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*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Funeral Rites Are Held For Joe H. Foster
Death Claims Pioneer Newspaper Man Here Last Friday
Joe H. Foster, 80, pioneer Texas newspaper man, passed away at 3 o'clock last Friday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leona Burleson, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Foster became ill shortly before Christmas but rallied after a severe illness and was believed to be improving when death came quietly.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Church of Christ, conducted by Minister John C. Taylor, assisted by Minister J.O. Wilburn. Pall bearers were H.R. Patterson, T.C. Bates, H.V. Hennen, W.A. Gentry, D.F. Reeves and B.E. Brumley. Interment was in West Park Cemetery.
Mr. Foster had called Hereford his home since first coming here with his family in 1917; however, he spent several of his last years elsewhere. He had been making his home with his daughter since September when he returned after a year in Dawson county. He retired from active newspaper work in 1911, but had done considerable writing since that time. He was also a lecturer.
He entered the newspaper business on the Rockdale Reporter in 1880 and later went to the Georgetown Sentinel. From 1897 to 1901 he published the Texas Populist, official organ of the Populist party, at Llano. He established the Plainview Messenger in 1905, and took over publication of the Silverton Enterprise in 1907. He then went to the Tulia Herald in 1910 and retired from active service in 1911.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Burleson, a step-son, G.W. Holley of Lamesa, and three sons, W. Lowrey of Georgetown and Leonard H. and Archie A. of Hereford; ten grand children and one great grand child.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 36th Year-Number 2, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, January 16, 1936, Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: J H Foster
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1884
Marriage Place: Williamson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Callie R Holley
Document Number: 18840132
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Joe H. Foster
Death Date: 10 Jan 1936
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 1576
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Joe H Foster
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 80
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1855
Birth Place: Caldwell, Texas
Residence: Hereford, Texas, USA
Death Date: 10 Jan 1936
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: A H Foster
Mother: Smithers
Contributed on 6/1/22 by neldapat
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