Parents of Hugh Foster came from Bell County and settled near Farmer school. Mr. Foster was killed in an accident on his farm. Mrs. Foster later moved to Lubbock with her youngest son, Jack.
Hugh stayed in the Farmer community. He married Miss Beulah Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wright, pioneers of Farmer community. Hugh has farmed and worked at the gin at Farmer and helped the commissioner on upkeep of roads. He has now retired on account of his health. Hugh and Beulah have always been ready to help their neighbors and in school and community work. They have two children.
Hugh tells of an odd coincidence. He and Beulah were coming from Lubbock and picked up a soldier. Hugh told him of being in World War I and of a rifle he had owned while stationed at Panama Canal during the war. The rifle was an Enfield, number 272928. The soldier was astonished, as well as the Fosters. That was the rifle they were using in practice in World War II at his camp in Death Valley, Arizona.
Source: "Through the Years, A History of Crosby County, Texas" by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis ©1951; The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas
RALLS (Special) — Services for Beulah Foster, 96, of Ralls will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Ray pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter-Adams Funeral Home.
She died at 5 a.m. Thursday in Ralls Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Crosby County and lived in Ralls most of her life. She married Hugh Aubrey Foster on Dec. 24, 1913, in Lorenzo. He died on May 4, 1967. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Cecil of Lubbock; a daughter, Marie White of Odessa; a sister, Lillian Ross of Floydada; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, May 5, 1988
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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