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Odie Foster Obituary

TUSCALOOSA - Odie Mae Foster, age 98, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., passed away September 6, 2018 at home. Services will be 3 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2018, at Memory Chapel with Rev. Ed Steelman officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas M. Foster.
Survivors include daughters, Peggy Foster, Sue Koster and Sara Tunnell (Dee); sons, Johnny Foster and Joe Foster (Jean); eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a godly Christian woman. She loved and touched so many lives here on earth and loved her family more than anything. We will miss her, but know that one day we will see her again.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alabama Hospice Care.



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Published by Tuscaloosa News from Sep. 8 to Sep. 9, 2018.

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Ellis Smith

September 21, 2018

Odie Mae was a special person. I grew up in Rosedale and lived in Sahama Village as a teenager. We were a close community back then. We watched out for one another. She tried to watch out for me and my brothers

Betty (Lake) Holliman

September 11, 2018

So sorry to read of your Mom's passing. I have so many good memories of her, and of your family. Will be thinking of you. God bless you all.

September 9, 2018

Please accept my condolences for your loss may you find comfort in God promise
Psalm 16:10

September 8, 2018

Mrs foster was a sweet lady my mother mrs fair an all who knew mrs ode loved her she is with her heavenly father now she will be missed friends of sahama village god bless her family

Audrey Morrison

September 8, 2018

Thinking of your family during this time of grief you are in my prayers

Rachel Evans Glover

September 8, 2018

My sincere condolences to the family of Mrs. Foster. In the short time that I knew her it was clear how much she loved her family. She was a loving woman and I know she will be missed.

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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Memory Chapel Funeral Home

2200 Skyland Blvd East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

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10

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3:00 p.m.

Memory Chapel Funeral Home

2200 Skyland Blvd East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

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