Fred Alonzo Foster

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Aug. 7, 1931 – Jan. 5, 2017

MEADVILLE — A celebration of life memorial service for Fred Alonzo Foster, 85, who died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Merit Hospital Natchez, will be noon Saturday at United Methodist Church in Meadville, followed by a reception.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville.
Mr. Foster was born Aug. 7, 1931, in Natchez, the youngest son of John and Martha Foster.
He was a 1949 graduate of Natchez High School, a 1954 graduate of Delta State University and completed graduate studies at Auburn University in 1968. He was a star athlete through high school and college, lettering in five sports at Delta State, followed by a coaching and officiating career through the 1980s.
Mr. Foster was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Claude Foster; and double first cousins, Helen Foster and Jack Foster.
Survivors include one son, West Foster and wife, Katie, of Natchez; one daughter, Allison Foster of Vidalia; three grandchildren, West Foster Jr., Anna Margaret and Ben Foster, all of Natchez; mother of his children, Billie Ann West Foster of Vidalia; one brother, Charles Foster of Mobile, Ala.; double first cousin, Louis Foster of Natchez; special friend, Madalene Carter of Meadville; and a number of nieces, nephews and friends.