Walter Gray Foster

60 year old Walter Gray Foster of Smithville died Saturday night at University Medical Center in Lebanon. He was a member of the Spring Street The Baptist Church, a Mason and member of the Liberty Lodge #77, and he was retired from Carrier. The funeral will be Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Barry Whittaker, Robert Pollard, and James Wright will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 4:00 p.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude Jackson and Lucille Young Foster; his first wife, Martha Ann Foster; a step-daughter, Vivian Garrison; and a brother, Jimmy Kenneth Foster. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Foster of Smithville. A daughter, Kathy and her husband Kirt Martin of Smithville. A step-son, Tallis and his wife Nancy Cantrell. Grandchildren, Ryan Herron, Shannon and Kim Pirtle, Chad Pirtle, and Talisa Cantrell. Brothers, Claude Eugene Foster of Smithville; Aubrey and his wife Mary Foster of Morris, Illinois; Joe Thomas and his wife Sue Foster of Smithville; and Donald Ray and his wife Linda Foster of McMinnville. A sister, Juanita and her husband Charlie Agee of Smithville. Sisters-in-law, Stacey Foster and Glenda Winchester both of Smithville. Brothers-in-law, Len Gay of Virginia and Ken Gay of Indiana. DeKalb Funeral Chalel is in charge of the arrangements.