Edwina (Anderson) Foster

Edwina Anderson Foster, 81, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023, at Mobile Infirmary. Born in Linden, Alabama, on April 17, 1942, to Wiley Ed and Willie Mae Bridges Anderson, Mrs. Edwina met Ralph “Moosie” Foster and married him in 1957. They lived and loved until his death in 2015. Mrs. Edwina worked for many years at Vanity Fair in Jackson, Alabama, eventually becoming Assistant Plant Manager.

Mrs. Edwina was a person of extraordinary character who loved family, and people, with a deep, genuine love. She loved to laugh and did so with a wonderful laugh that infected everyone around her. Her ‘elderly’ friends loved to visit her because she could talk of the old days and tell stories from way back when. Her ‘young’ friends loved to visit her for the same reasons. She was the butt of many practical jokes played on her by grandkids and great grandkids. She was not to be pitied though, since she could give it back just as well as she got it from them. All of it led to more laughter and eventually to more stories.

All who stepped into Mrs. Edwina’s house were offered food and drink, and she wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Keeper of a very tidy house, she would carry on a conversation while sweeping under your feet. If you drank a cup of coffee, and accepted a second, you would have to get another spoon to stir it with since she would have already washed the first one.

In her later years, Mrs. Edwina, Nanny, Aunt Winnie, as she was known by friends and family, had some health problems that were challenging, but they never changed her personality. She maintained that lovely character that caused everyone to love her through it all. People who never had the pleasure to meet her in person, only need to be around her family for a little while and listen to the stories and laughter to feel like they had just met and became friends with her in those moments. The world is a less joyful place with her loss, but heaven just became more joyful. She will be greatly missed.

Mrs. Edwina is survived by:

Son: Curtis (Kathy) Foster

Daughters: Kathy Jo (Roger) Powell, Carla (Cory) Tate, Nancy (Otis) Tarver

Brother: Jimmy Anderson

Sisters: Mary Ellen (Terry) Allen,

Grandchildren: Chad Hayes, Amanda (Duane) Baxter, Krystal Powell, John Curtis Foster, Ashlee (Dylan) Byrd, Jessica Parnell, Jarad Parnell, Carlee Tate, Cody Tate, Kirsten Fullilove.

Great-Grandchildren: Blake Rush, Daniel Waddill, Madison Richardson, Kelbi Rush, Gracie Hayes, John Colby Foster, Foster Byrd, Amelia Kate Howard, Zane Byrd, Dakota Baxter.

Great-Great-Grandchildren: Madelyn Waddill, Elliot Rush

She was preceded in death by:

Husband: Ralph Lee "Moosie" Foster

Parents: Wiley Ed and Willie Mae Bridges Anderson

Daughter: Susie Parnell

Brother: Ed Anderson

Sisters: Ida Mae Anderson, Barbara Williams

A visitation will be held Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Wagarville Baptist Church at 10:00 AM followed by the funeral service at 11:00 AM. Interment will be in the Wagarville Baptist Cemetery. Services will be conducted by Bro. Steve Foster. Bro. Bill Dortch will offer the graveside prayer. St. Stephens Funeral Home will direct.

Pallbearers will be Lee Anderson, Jarad Parnell, Chad Hayes, Cody Tate, John Curtis Foster, and Blake Rush.

Honorary pallbearers will be Lisa Jackson, Linda Jones, Rhett Carpenter, Jonah Jones, Mattie Motes, Ronnie and Clara Ann Walker.

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