Henry Bonneau Foster
b. 16 November 1912, d. 9 February 1985
- Father: Thomas Henry Foster b. 11 April 1893, d. 26 October 1956
- Mother: Mary Ann Peace b. 29 July 1890, d. 3 October 1981
- Henry Bonneau Foster was born on 16 November 1912 in Batesville, Zavala County, Texas.
- Thomas Henry Foster and Mary Ann Peace appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Haskell, Haskell County, Texas, at South Clark Street. Other members of the household included Henry Bonneau Foster, Mary Louise Foster.
- He married Edith Elleen Legate on 7 June 1947 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
- The following appeared on 29 October 1956 in the Albuquerque Journal: Thomas H. Foster, 63, passed away late Saturday evening at his home in Regina, N.M. Mr. Foster was a merchant at Regina and had lived there for the past 31 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary; one son, Henry B. Foster; a daughter, Mrs. George Hatch; all of Regina; four brothers, Claude, Nathan, and Bailey of Texas, and Herbert of California; one sister, Mrs. Ira Short, of Texas; twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian Church in Regina with Dr. V. A. Woodworth officiating. Interment will be made in the Regina Cemetery with the French-Fitzgerald Mortuary in charge. Escorts will be: Robert Huffman, Dave Alexander, J. D. Nelson, H. C. Lasater, George Howard, and C. S. Evans.
- Henry Bonneau Foster died on 9 February 1985 at age 72 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- He was interred at Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: Henry Bonneau Foster, 72, of Bentonville died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Little Rock.
Born Nov 16, 1912, in Batesville, Texas, To Thomas Henry and Mary Anna Peace. He was a retired rancher who moved to this area in 1974 from New Mexico. He was a World War II veteran and was a Japanese prisoner of war for 3 1/2 years in the Philippines campaign. He was a member of the VFW and Ex-prisoners of War. He is survived by four sons, Lawrence K. Foster of Rogers, Steven Bonneau Foster of Bentonville, Ronald Bruce Foster of Garland, Texas, and Roderick Damon Foster of Rockwood, Tenn; three daughters, Elizabeth E. Hutcheson of Bentonville, Darcy S. Pattison of North Little Rock and Lezli Shelton of Rogers; a sister, Mary Hatch of Moab, Utah; and 15 grandchildren. The funeral is scheduled 2 p.m. today in Burns Funeral Home Chapel in Bentonville with Don Miller officiating. Burial will be in Bentonville Cemetery.
- Last Edited: 11 Feb 2016