Eddy Co. NM - Obit:  Emma Alvalean Forister

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The following excerpts were taken from page 14 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - October 10, 1999

FORISTER Graveside services are scheduled Tuesday, October 12, at Woodbine
Cemetery for former Artesia resident Emma Alvalean Forister of
Weatherford, Texas.  Forister, 67, died on October 8 at Kenneland Nursing
Home in Weatherford.  She was born on January 27, 1932, in Wellington,
Tex., to Allen Preston Birdwell and Mary Lois (Teague) Birdwell.  She
married Bennie Forister on June 17, 1948, in Carlsbad, NM.  He preceded
her in death on July 1, 1967.  She was a Baptist, a member of the VFW
Auxiliary and Girl Scouts.  She is survived by her mother, Mary Lois
Birdwell of Oregon; son, Bennie Forister, JR. of San Mateo, Calif.;
daughters Phyllis Ann Farthing of Midland, Tex., and Linda Jo Gomillion of
Weatherford, Tex.; brother Jerry Donald Birdwell of Fort Sumner; sister
Mary Beth Hicks of Graham, Tex.; five grandchildren; and a
great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by her father; her husband;
and a daughter, Alva Jean Forister.