Volume 1, page 264, 265, and 266, as written
 
Obituary
 
Died at his residence two miles southwest of Como Feburary 25th 1899.  Bro. Thomas H. Foster at the age of 89 years.  Bro. Foster was a native of Ashville N.C. and came to this country many years ago when it was practically a wilderness.  By practicing economy and thrift with honest dealing he amassed a competency of this worlds goods and about the year 1842 professed faith in Christ and joined the Thompson Creek Baptist Church where he remained a member till his death.
To portray his many virtues of heart and mind and expess the great loss to church and community sustained in his death would require a more facile pen than the writer can command and we shall only attempt an epitome of his commendable life.  At the beginning he laid a corner ston of truth and love and erected thereon an edifice of friendship, charity and benevolence and throughout his long and useful life did not depart therefrom.  He was in truth a pillar of the church a support of society, and his friends were those who knew him.  He was ever ready to extend a helping hand to those in need and a worthy plea was never refused.  He was liberal in his donations to advance the cause of the master and foremost in every move for the benefit of his community.  Resolved:  that in his death the Church and community has sustained an irreparable loss and while we mourn with his friends and loved ones in their affliction we rejoice that he has gone to his reward and wears a crown at the rigt hand of God.  To his grief stricken relatives we would say we come not to offer idle words of sympathy but to grieve with them over the loss of one who was dear.  May he rest in peace.  Resolved that these resolutions be spread on the Church book and a copy be furnished the family and the Baptist and Reflector for publication.  done by order of the Church on Saturday before 2nd Sunday in Mar 1899.
 
Comm (J. F. Allman
          (H. W. Jackson
          (E. P. Baughman