James R. Foster

James R. Foster, 81, of Page, WV died on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born March 31, 1923 at Patrick, VA he was the son of the late Robert and Mary Ruth Castle Foster. He was a retired coal miner for Foster Coal Company. Mr. Foster served in the US Army Air Force during World War II having attained the rank of PFC. He was preceded in death by two sons, Roy Lee Foster and Jackie Lee Foster; three brothers, Melvin Foster, Robert Lee Foster and Claude Otis Foster; sister. Ollie Mae Landers; grandson, James Jerry "J.J." Foster, Jr. Survivors include wife, Myrtle Kathryn Settle Foster; one son, James Jerry Foster, Sr. and wife, Joyce of Kincaid; one daughter, Thelma Jean Frazier of Page; three brothers, Ernest Raymond Foster of Beckley, Jesse Leonard Foster of Oak Hill and Frank Dewey Foster of Rock Lick; one sister, Margaret Ruth Bragg of Whipple; four grandchildren, J.R., Jackie Wayne, Ricky and Eddie Frazier and one great grandchildren. Visitation will be held at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill on Friday, April 1, 2005, from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Services will be on Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 2:00 PM at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill with Rev. Emmitt Patterson officiating. Burial will be at Robertson Cemetery, Wriston WV.