Spalding-Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mary Vinson Foster April 22 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: d hill dawnlfdp@yahoo.com April 22, 2004, 2:47 pm Griffin Daily News, Friday, April 22, 1955 Mrs. Foster Dies, Rites To Be Sunday Mrs. Mary Vinson Foster of 220 North 13th street, died at 3 o'clock this morning at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. Her death followed a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of Spalding County and the daughter of Mr. A.W. Vinson and the late Mrs. Anna Dorton Vinson. Until her retirement in July 1953, she was employed by Thomaston Mills, Griffin Division as an inspector. She was a member of the second Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Second Baptist Church. The Rev. Carl Peacock and the Rev G.A. Middlebrooks will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Z.L. Foster, a daughter, Miss Opal Foster of Griffin; three sons, Charles Foster, Beckley, West Virginia, Sgt. Virgil Foster, Anchorage, Alaska, Jimmy Foster, Griffin; her father, A.W. Vinson of Griffin; one brother, Jerry Vinson, Griffin; three sisters, Mrs. Sally Elliott, Mrs. Charlotte Banford, Griffin; and Mrs. Minnie Johnson of Atlanta; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Foster's body will remain at Haisten's funeral home until Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock when it will be carried to her residence. Additional Comments: Austin W Vinson b: May 09, 1886 d: April 20, 1962 .. +Anna Dorton m: December 24, 1903 d. bef. 1910 ........ Mary Vinson b: 1905 d: April 22, 1955 ............ +Zona L Foster b: 1896 d: September 22, 1962 ........ Jerry Vinson b: 1908 *2nd Wife of Austin W Vinson: .. +Clara Belle Pitts b: January 28, 1880 m: September 18, 1910 d: November 05, 1948 ........ Sallie Frances Vinson b: 1913 ............ +Donald Elliott ........ Minnie Vinson b: 1917 ............ +Raymond Johnson ........ Charlotte Vinson b: July 28, 1920 d: December 24, 1988 ............ +Eddie Banford b: January 18, 1920 d: December 27, 1996 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb