Lilly Foster

Published 12:00 am Thursday, November 1, 2007

NATCHEZ — Services for Lilly B. Foster, 64, of Natchez, who died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Daren Williams, of Chicago, officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Webb Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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Mrs. Foster was born Sept. 14, 1943, in Adams County, the daughter of Mary Sheldon and Leonard Elery. She was employed with Linden Bed and Breakfast.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Survivors include her husband, Willie Foster; mother, Mary Sheldon; sons, Andrew Lucas, Leon Lucas, Larry Lucas and Otis Lucas; sisters, Georgia B. Ballard and Etta Mae Harris; brother, Leonard Elery; stepchildren, Shelia and Earl Blakes, both of Jackson, Willie and Patricia Foster, both of Long View, Texas, Faye and Cottrell King, both of McKinney, Texas and Jerrilyn and Charles Banks, both of Natchez; uncles, Edward Knight, Charles Minor, Monroe Elery, all of Natchez and Sam Elery of Minnesota; aunts, Ella Sellers of Detroit, Dorothy Woods, Rosie Hibber, both of Chicago, Alice Mitchell of Lansing, Ill. and Lena Stewart of Natchez; nine grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildrern; special goddaughter, VonKeitha Howard; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.