Newport News City-Gloucester-Hampton City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Foster, Minnie Belle Puller June 7, 1935
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Daily Press - June 8, 1935 & June 9, 1935
Mrs. Foster Dies At Home Of Son; Funeral Sunday

Mrs. Minnie B. Foster, 55, died at 9:45 yesterday morning at the home of her 
son, P. G. Foster, 1131 Twenty-eighth street.  Death followed 11 weeks of 
illness.  

Funeral services will be conducted at 4 Sunday afternoon at the Twenty-fourth 
Street Church of Christ.  The Rev. Alfred E. Sims, pastor, will be in charge, 
assisted by the Rev. Jack Cunningham of the Hampton Christian church.  
Interment will be in Greenlawn cemetery.

The body will lie in state at Cunningham's funeral home, Hampton, until 2 
Sunday afternoon.

Pallbearers will be:  Active - Frank W. Cannon, John R. Smith, Emmett E. 
Retzbach, Rufus A. Hobbs, R. L. Holsey, and E. L. Gauncy.  Honorary - Members 
of the Welders' Social club, members of the Fitters' Social club, and friends 
of the family.

Mrs. Foster had been a resident of Newport News for 18 years.  She came here 
from Gloucester county.

Surviving are four sons:  P. G., F. F., S. D., and E. H. Foster, all of this 
city, and three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Foster of Hampton, and two sisters in 
Baltimore and California.

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Funeral Services Scheduled Today For Mrs. Foster

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie B. Foster, 55, who died at 9:45 a. m. Friday 
at the home of her son, P. G. Foster, 1131 Twenty-eightth street, after a long 
illness, will be held today at 4 p. m. from the Twenty-fourth street Church of 
Christ.  The Rev. Alfred M. Sims, pastor, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. 
Jack Cunningham of the Hampton Christian church.

Pallbearers will include:  active - Frank W. Cannon, John R. Smith, Emmett E. 
RetZbach, Rufus A. Hobbs, R. L. Holsey and E. L. Gauncy; honorary - members of 
the Welders Social club and the Fitters Social club and other friends of the 
family.

Surviving are four sons:  P. G., F. F., S. D., and E. H. Foster, all of this 
city; three sisters:  Mrs. Mattie J. Foster, of Hampton, Mrs. Maude Hickworth, 
Los Angeles, and Mrs. Lula Woodley, Baltimore, and three brothers:  Floyd F. 
and James F. Puller, Gloucester county, and William T. Puller, Baltimore.

Additional Comments:
Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization transcribed exactly as printed.

Minnie Belle Puller Foster (b. 7-23-1877, d. 6-7-1935) was a daughter of John 
S. and Sarah J. Soles Puller and the wife of Lewis Perry Foster.

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