Individual Details

Foster David Mathews Sr.

(28 Feb 1902 - 15 Jun 1982)

Husband of Ida Theora "Ora" Toomey.
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Funeral services for Foster Mathews Sr., 80, of 419 34th Ave., who died Tuesday at Druid City Hospital, were to be at 2 p.m. today at Liberty Baptist Church near Duncanville. Burial to follow in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora T. Mathews, Tuscaloosa; a son, Foster Mathews Jr., Birmingham; a grandson, Foster David Mathews III, Birmingham; a brother, Festus N. Mathews; Tuscaloosa; three sisters, Mrs. Kate M. Hutchinds, Mrs. Adell M. Dowdy and Mrs. Oala Bell, all of Tuscaloosa; and other relatives.
Pallbearers were to be Al Dowdy, Josh Bell, John W. Foster, Johnny Wyatt, Billy Richey, and Dan Stewart III.
from the "Tuscaloosa News", June 17, 1982

Events

Birth28 Feb 1902Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared23 Apr 1910(Luther Martin Mathews and Mary Edith Jane Thompson) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Marriage17 May 1932Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - Ida Theora Toomey
Death15 Jun 1982Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
BurialLiberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Hagler, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Families

SpouseIda Theora Toomey (1903 - 1994)
ChildLiving
FatherLuther Martin Mathews (1876 - 1960)
MotherMary Edith Jane Thompson (1878 - 1951)
SiblingJames Francis Mathews (1904 - 1961)
SiblingKathryn Lee Mathews (1907 - 2004)
SiblingFestus Newton Mathews (1909 - 1987)
SiblingAndrew Hobson Mathews (1912 - 1953)
SiblingSarah Adelle Mathews (1916 - 2004)
SiblingOala Ross Mathews (1919 - 1987)
SiblingMary Edith Mathews (1922 - 1922)

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