Inez L. Foster

Born in Winchester, Va., she was the daughter of the late Lester and Myrtle Miller. She was graduated from John Handley High School in the class of 1951. She studied at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn. There she met and married her husband, Chaplain Colonel, Lowel D. Foster. She served by his side for 67 years, for ten years in civilian ministry and almost 30 years of his service as Chaplain in the United States Air Force. Their marriage was blest with two children, Pamela Ann Young and her husband Lanny of Grafton, Va., and Lowel Brent Foster of Kilmarnock, Va. Surviving she had only one sister, Dorothy Marie Edwards and her family of Bristol, Va. Her two grandchildren Leah Michelle Foster and Ian Bryce Foster were a precious love of her life. As were her two great-grandchildren, Iya Lynn Paperelli and Salem Foster.

At the age of ten she began her serious "Christian Walk". Being a student of music in her early teen years, she played for special services in different churches. Through her high school years she taught Sunday school faithfully until she left for college. It was during her college years that she helped with services through "Christian Workers Association" in the jails, workhouses, and juvenile court. Her love of teaching afforded her years of public speaking in the continental United States, as well as the Hawaiian islands where her husband served for four years in the Air Force. During a tour in Korea, she was afforded the privilege of teaching English 55 hours each week to University and professional Korean students. During her travels in the "Far East", Hong Kong, the Philippines and many sites of interest in Korea, she was able to stand at the foot of the largest "Buddha" statue in South East Asia.

Inez was an avid reader, loved music, cooking for her family, and for forty years kept contact with friends in many states that she had taught and loved over the years. Highlights in her life that she felt blessed to have experienced were witnessing our first prisoners returning from Vietnam to American soil in Oahu, Hawaii, having tea with the last living queen of Korea, playing for a worship service in the Pentagon while her husband led the service, and sharing a meal with beautiful Americans like Dr. "Billy" Graham and President Gerald Ford. She was a devout lover of poetry and used it often in public speaking as well as writing many tributes to family members and friends. To Inez everyday was a gift from the God she loved and served.

The “Celebration of Life” viewing will be Sunday January 10, 2021 from 2-4:00pm at Nelsen Funeral Home, Williamsburg. Her funeral will be held at a later date on “Chaplain’s Hill” in the Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Research, or to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be shared at www.nelsenwilliamsburg.com.