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Roy Lee Foster 1947–1999 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Jul 1947

Birth Location: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 10 Feb 1999

Death Location: Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: James Foster

Mother: Nellie Bowden

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Roy Lee Foster was born in 1947 in Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA, the child of James Carlos Foster And Nellie Franklin Bowden. Roy Lee Foster passed away in 1999 in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Roy Lee Foster was born in 1947 in Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA, the child of James Carlos Foster And Nellie Franklin Bowden.
  • Roy Lee Foster passed away in 1999 in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Roy Foster's Ancestors

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Roy Foster
1947–1999
Birth Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
Parents
James Carlos Foster
1904–1980
Forest Hill, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Nellie (Franklin) Bowden
1911–1954
Rainelle, Greenbrier, West Virginia
Grandparents
James (William Floyd) Foster
1859–1939
Monroe County, Virginia, USA
Nancy ((Nannie) Burke) Petry
1877–1960
Pipestem Mercer County West Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Foster
1832–1910
Margret Williams
–1879
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Williams
1806–1853
Anna Hinton
1815–1900

Roy Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1947
14 Jul 1947
Birth of Roy Lee Foster in Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
1999
10 Feb 1999
Age 52
Death of Roy Lee Foster in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1947
    Event Place: Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1999
    Event Place: Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America

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