Bill Foster
Posted: April 13, 2021
STARKVILLE — Dr. Bill R. Foster, 88, died April 11, 2021, at Oktibbeha County Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Chip Stevens and the Rev. Clifton Curtis officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Garden Park Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the church. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Foster was born Jan. 1, 1933, in Tremont, to the late Jim and Fleeta Foster. He was a graduate of Tremont High School, Itawamba Community College, Mississippi State University, and the University of Alabama. He was formerly employed as a science/chemistry teacher at Starkville High School and as Director of Student Activities, Director of the Colvard Student Union, Director of Student Housing, Dean of Student Services, and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs at Mississippi State University. He was a member of the graduate faculty at MSU and a member of the Board of Directors at M & F Bank.
He is survived by his wife, Sara; and daughter, Kathy Foster Ashley of Lake Village, Arkansas.
Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at First Baptist Church, 106 E. Lampkin St., Starkville, MS 39759 or to the Bill and Sara Foster Endowed Fund, ℅ MSU Foundation, P.O. Box 6194, Mississippi State, MS 39762.