Melvin H. Foster, 85, of Ardmore, TN, died Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Bailey Manor in Fayetteville, TN.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, August 22, at 2:00 p.m. at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home. Visitation will be 12:00 noon until service time.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ardmore Public Library, P.O. Box 517, Ardmore, TN 38449, the Alzheimer’s Association, or your favorite charity.
He was a graduate of Clemson University with a Mechanical Engineering Degree. He retired from the Army Ballistic Missile Defense in 1989. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict, a Mason, served on several church committees and on the Board of the Ardmore Public Library.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lois and Elizabeth Wiggins foster; first wife, Nancy Randall Foster; sister, Alice Morgan; and brothers, Harold, Paul and Stephen Foster.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Lou Whitt Foster; sister, Alleyne Woods and husband Jud; and brother, Charles Foster; daughters, Cindy (Jerry) Otwell, Dru (Dan) Hites; son, Rusty (Lori) Foster; stepdaughters, Cindy Whitsett and Patricia (Stoney) Crabtree; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two step-granddaughters; extended family, Ray, Jane, Chad, Lola and Brody Norwood, Frankie Smith, Chuck and Kim Mullins.
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