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FOSTER BURIAL PLACE IDENTIFICATION PROJECT

KIT CEMETERYand OAK GROVE CEMETERY, Irving, Texas
These two cemeteries are right next to each other. If you find one, you have found them both. From Dallas, turn west on Highway 356 off of Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12) toward Irving. Go two blocks and the cemeteries are on the right. Or, from Ft. Worth, take Airport Freeway (Highway 183) to Irving. Take the Highway 356 exit and travel east until you cross Nursery Rd. Go four more blocks and the cemeteries will be on the left. When you enter Oak Grove Cemetery, the cemetery office will be on your left, just inside the entrance. Park your car. The grave of Charles Spurgeon Foster is directly across the road from the office and right next to the road. From there, walk straight back to the fence, away from the office. A line of stones will indicate when you have passed from Oak Grove Cemetery into Kit Cemetery. Near the fence you will find the graves of Dick and Dena Foster, Mary Eugenia Foster, Leonard and Agnes Cook, and Drucilla Shipp. Now, walk toward the entrance of Kit Cemetery. Under a large tree you will find the grave of Drusilla Foster Taylor, sister to Dick Foster.

SOWERS CEMETERY, Irving, Texas
When you leave Oak Grove Cemetery, turn right on Highway 356. Continue west until you come to Pioneer Dr. Turn left. Go several blocks until you cross Beltline Rd. Continue a little further in the residential district. Sowers Cemetery will be on the right. Unless it is muddy, enter the front gate. Drive all the way to the back and turn left. Drive all the way to the back corner of the cemetery. The grave of James Calvin Hague will be found a few feet from the road, right next to the fence. If the road is too muddy, you will have to walk, but the cemetery is not large. Walk to the front of the cemetery. Next to the fence on Pioneer Drive you will find the graves of Tryphena Foster Taylor, her husband, and several of their children. Aunt Phenie was Dick Foster's sister.

HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, Houston, Texas
From Downtown, take Interstate 45, North. Just past the downtown district, take the North Main exit. Get immediately to the right hand lane of the service road. Cross North Main and the gate to the cemetery will be immediately on the right. Or, driving south on I-45, pass Loop I-610 and take the North Main exit. Turn left on North Main and then immediately turn left again on the north-bound service road. Get immediately over to the right hand lane and enter the gate to the cemetery. Drive to the back of the cemetery. The back area is called the "Bronze Section" because the markers are bronze and lying flat on the ground. Find the statue of Christ in the Garden. Near this statue and close to the road are the graves of Tom and Marguerite Foster and Rev. Richard Eugene Foster.

GRAPEVINE CEMETERY, Grapevine, Texas
From Dallas, take Highway 114 to Grapevine. Turn right at the business route, L114. Turn right at North Dooley St. Go a few blocks and the cemetery will be on the left. Or, from Ft. Worth, take Highway 121 to Grapevine. Turn left at Spur 103. Turn right on L114. Turn left on Dooley Street. Find the cemetery on the left. Enter the cemetery at the last entrance. Just inside the entrance, park your car. To the right of the road you will find the graves of Thomas Jefferson Foster and his third wife, Sallie Trimble Foster. In the same section are the graves of Rev. Lucratus Hodges Foster and several other members of the family.

LONESOME DOVE CEMETERY, Southlake, Texas
Southlake is just west of Grapevine and the two cities share a common boundary. It is difficult for a person to tell when one is leaving one city and entering the other, so pay close attention to the street signs. From Grapevine (see above) drive west on Highway 114, the Northwest Highway. Turn right on North Kimball Ave. Turn left on East Dove St. Turn right on Lonesome Dove Ave. Just a little way down you will see Lonesome Dove Baptist Church on the left. The cemetery is right next to the church. In the very middle of the cemetery are the graves of Ambrose Foster and his wife Susanah Medlin Foster as well as many other members of the family. This Ambrose Foster is a brother of Thomas Jefferson Foster.

FOSTER CEMETERY, Rusk County, Texas
This old graveyard is on private property, owned by a family not related to us. Please contact me, David Foster, at 903-764-5218 or by EMAIL for directions on how to find the cemetery before you enter their property. They have been very understanding, sympathetic and courteous to me and I don't want our family to lose our visitation privilege. This old graveyard is badly in need of repair, but in it is the grave of Benjamin Foster and his wife Apsilla Davis Foster, as well as their daughter, Sarah Stanfield. Benjamin Foster is a brother of Thomas Jefferson Foster.

Several of us are concerned enough to try to repair the Foster cemetey in Rusk County. The project will take a lot of physical labor and not a small amount of money. If you would be willing to join a work party to assist in this effort, or assist in some other way, please contact David Foster.

If you can help with THE FOSTER BURIAL PLACE IDENTIFICATION PROJECT and have additional information on where some of our loved ones are buried, we would appreciate your sharing this information with us by sending us an EMAIL.