Rites Conducted for J. D. Foster

Funeral services for J. D. Foster, 70, who died Thursday night, December 11 at his home in Farmers Branch were held Saturday, December 13 at the Church of Christ in Farmers Branch. Burial was in the Keenan Cemetery.

Mr. Foster, a retired farmer, was born in Tennessee in 1877, and moved with his parents to Dallas County at the age of nine where he has resided ever since.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Foster; two sons,  James H. Foster of Dallas and George C. Foster of Farmers Branch; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Sonnenburg of Carrollton; two granddaughters, Barbara Kathryn and Dian Sonnenburg of Carrollton; one brother, W. T. Foster, of Los Angeles, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. Sallie Gault of Glen Rose, Texas.

The Carrollton Chronicle - December 19, 1947
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Funeral services for James D. Foster, 70, retired farmer of Farmers Branch, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Farmers Branch Christian Church.
He died Thursday night at his home. Born in Tennessee, Foster moved to Dallas County at the age of 9.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, James H. Foster, Dallas, and George C. Foster, Farmers Branch, and a daughter, Mrs. L. D. Sonneburg, Carrollton.
Burial will be in the Farmers Branch Cemetery.

The Dallas Morning News - Dec 13, 1947
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

FOSTER
Virginia E. - Oct. 22, 1896 - Jan. 5, 1978
James D. - July 22, 1877 - Dec. 11, 1947

Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas