Obituary of Inez Whitus Foster, 1992:
Funeral services for Inez Whitus Foster, 86, of Oliver Springs, will be at 8 pm Wednesday in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Tom Harris officiating. Burial will be at 11 am Thursday at Oliver Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Foster was a longtime resident of Oliver Springs and was a member of the Oliver Springs United Methodist Church. She also was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Chapter 121, Oliver Springs and the Roane County Democratic Club. At one time she served as president of the Oliver Springs PTA.
A homemaker, she was a graduate of the Mossap School for Girls.
Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Earl E. Foster, an Oliver Springs dentist, on July 16, 1966. A daughter and two sons, Joyce Carroll, Ernest Foster and Earl E. Foster, Jr., a grandson, a sister and four brothers, also died earlier.
Survivors include three sisters, Lee Whitus Jackson of Caryville, Louise Whitus Evans of Oliver Springs and Marie Whitus Brown of Knoxville, and by six grandchildren.
Clinton Courier News, 19 Aug 1992
[Courtesy of Renee Scarbrough]