She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Dan Foster, parents, John D. and Anna Ferguson, sons, Thomas Foster, James Timothy Foster, and Kevin Foster, and siblings Margaret Clemons, J.D. Ferguson, and Anna Mae Donnelly.
She is survived by sister, Alice Mechling; son, David (Kathy) Foster, and grandchildren David Lee (Natalie), Nathan (Jillian), Phillip (Amanda); and daughter, Melissa (Art) Jaramillo, and grandchildren Jennifer (Jaseson), Aneda, Arthur A. (Kelly), Johnathon, Stephen, Joseph, Magdalena, Thomas, Benjamin, Cecelia, Rebekah, Christina, Regina; 6 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, and countless other family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests you consider donating to Friends of Tennessee School for the Blind, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, or your favorite charity in her memory.