Obituary of Addison Foster, Concordia Parish, LA
Printed with Permission of The Concordia Sentinel
Appeared in the 11/21/1930 issue.



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FUNERAL SERVICES ADDISON FOSTER HELD THURSDAY

   Citizens of Natchez and this entire section yesterday afternoon paid tribute
to the memory of an upright and highly esteemed citizen, when at four o'clock
the final earthly rites for Addison John Foster were held at the First Presby-
terian Church of the city of Natchez.
   All stores throughout the business section of the city closed their stores
for a one-hour period, during the funeral, as a token of respect to a man who
endeared himself to the hearts of everyone, and whose memory shall be cherished
and honored through many years in the future.
   At the First Presbyterian Church, people of all creeds - rich and poor,
humble and proud - gathered to fill the large edifice to overflowing to pay their
final respects and tribute to a man whom all loved for his sympathetic under-
standing during their times of sorrow.
   Not only were here citizens from throughout this city present, but from
throughout the nearby section of Louisiana, people who during the years have
brought their dear ones to Natchez for burial, and who knew and highly esteemed
the deceased, assembled to say a few prayers at the last rites of this splendid
citizen.
   At the church, the services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. George D. Booth,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. Joseph Kuehnle, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church.
   Symbolic of the life he had led, the services were simple, but beautiful
and impressive.  Vocal numbers were rendered by Miss Mary Elizey and George
M. D. Kelly.  Scriptural readings and two poems concluded the services at the
Church.
   From the church, the funeral cortege moved through the streets, lined with
citizens who had known and highly esteemed Addison Foster.  It was one of the 
largest funerals in this city in recent years, and testified to the popularity
of this man, of whom it might well be said, "he had not a single enemy."
   As the shades of evening were falling, and high up on the bluffs overlooking
the great and evermoving Father of Waters, all that remained mortal of Addison
Foster was lowered into its final resting place.
   A mountain of beautiful flowers, saddened by the tears of sorrowing friends
were mute tribute to the great love and high esteem in which this splendid
citizen was held by the people of this entire community and section.
   Several members of the Mississippi Funeral Directors' Association of which
Mr. Foster had served as president, were here for the funeral and served as
honorary pall bearers, while Bernard Fisher of Vicksburg, Miss., and B. Etheridge
of Jackson, Miss., were the funeral directors in charge.
   Other funeral directors and travelling men here for the funeral were:
   J. J. Avery, of New Orleans, Orleans Manufacturing Company; R. W. Scott of Canon,
Miss.; Joseph Liddell of St. Louis; E. W. Wright and Warren Ferguson of Jackson, Miss.;
Henry Wilson of New Orleans, Orleans Casket Company; W. C. Eakin and L. B. Busby
of Jackson Casket Company.
   Members of the Natchez Rotary Club, of which Mr. Foster was a member, attended
the funeral in a body.
   The following gentlemen served as pall bearers:
   W. J. Ratliff, R. A. Klein, Walter Abbott, H. S. McElroy, M. M. Ullman, Jr.,
A. H. Geisenberger, Jr., W. H. Mallory and W. H. Braden.