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Edna Mae Foster 1917–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12/29/1917

Birth Location: Brookland, AR

Death Date: 20 January 1998

Death Location: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA

Father: Willie Foster

Mother: Melba Speaks

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Edna Mae Foster was born in 1917 in Brookland, AR, the child of Willie Clyde Foster And Melba Speaks. Edna Mae Foster passed away in 1998 in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Edna Mae Foster was born in 1917 in Brookland, AR, the child of Willie Clyde Foster And Melba Speaks.
  • Edna Mae Foster passed away in 1998 in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA.

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Edna Foster's Ancestors

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Edna Foster
1917–1998
Birth Place: Brookland, AR
Parents
Willie Clyde Foster
1885–1960
Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States,
Melba Speaks
1885–
Arkansas
Grandparents
George (Washington) Speaks
1859–1944
Arkansas, USA
Minerva (E) Speaks
1866–1947
Tennessee, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Speaks
1835–
Mary Speaks
1843–1921
Joseph King
1835–1918
Susan Gambill
1848–1904
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Sparks
1810–1900
Sether Bryant
1828–
Joshua King
1783–1860
ELIZABETH WHITE
1791–
NEWTON Gambill
1812–1861
Manerva Phillips
1815–1867

Edna Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1917
12/29/1917
Birth of Edna Mae Foster in Brookland, AR
Brookland, AR
1998
20 January 1998
Age 81
Death of Edna Mae Foster in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA
Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12291917
    Event Place: Brookland, AR

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 January 1998
    Event Place: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA

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