Mary Ann Payne Foster

Mary Ann Payne Foster, 90, of Roanoke, Va., died Thursday, September 18, 2008. Mary was a retired school librarian and was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Foster Jr.; her daughter, Mary Susan Lamp'l; and her brother, Norman Edwards. She is survived by her sons, Thomas E. Foster III and wife, Dinah Seiver, of New York, N.Y., Richard E.B. Foster and wife, Becky, of Roanoke, and Christopher G. Foster and wife, Nancy, of Pasadena, Calif.; her grandchildren, William Thomas Lamp'l and wife, Jessica, Hannah Seiver Foster, Isaac Seiver Foster, Miriam Seiver Foster, Emily Kyer Foster, Samuel Zachary Foster, Dashiell Gragg Foster, and Quincy Longstreth Foster; and her son-in-law, William Lamp'l, of Douglasville, Ga. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2720 Enterprice Parkway, Suite 107, Richmond, Va. 23230. Service and interment will be held at a later date in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel, Roanoke, Va., 540-989-3131.