Throwback Thursday, Marie as a toddler in 1922

Anna's mother Marie Foster Prance, 1922

Throwback Thursday: Fosters

Throwback Thusday:  1919 - Proofs.  Anna's grandparents,  her mother's parents Paul Everett  Foster (1895-1936) and Myrtle Irene Jones (1895-1991).

They are dated 1919.  They were married May 21, 1919.  The pictures, I'm sure the pictures had something to do with that, either before or after.

Be sure and click on the picture to see the images better.

Charles and Paul

This is Anna's uncles, her mother Marie's  two brothers, the youngest is Charles Jones Foster (1925-2012) and  saluting Paul Everett Foster, Jr (1922-1995).

In school Paul worked part time as a projector operator at the Strand Theater in Marietta.  He joined the Marines and fought in the Pacific.  After the war he reenlisted in the Air Force.  After that tour he joined the Marietta Post Office where he retired.  He married Barbara Shea, no  children.

Charles also worked for the Strand Theater while he was in school.  He was in charge of getting the weekly programs printed and delivered.  During WWII he enlisted in the Army, went to Pilots school and flew supplies in Europe during the war.  Afterwards, he continued being a pilot for TWA until he retired.  He married Florence Rogers and they moved to Kansas City.  After he retired they moved back to Marietta.  After Florence died he married Jane Johnson. 

Charles an Florence had three daughters.

Marie Foster Prance (1920-2015)

Marie Foster Prance (1920-2015), ,  Anna's mother, died one year ago today, Apr 26, 2015.   

On paper Marie died April the 27th.    She died May the 26th at  about 11:35PM.  The doctor did not get  around checking her vitals until after midnight.   Therefore, she was pronounced dead on April the 27th.

Nettie Vaughan, Her Own Person

click on picture to enlarge it.  It looks better then.

Thanks for Fredrick Tucker for the picture.

Here is Anna's distant relative Nettie Aileen Vaughan in 1915.  I like this picture and although we have not met I am pretty sure I would like her if we did.  She looks like a individualist type of person who had to see things for herself; put on no airs; unpretentious;  and of course marched to her own drummer.  

Marie Foster Prance's (1920-2015) Life in Pictures

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Marie and her parents Paul Everett and Myrtle Irene Jones Foster

Marie oldest with brothers Charles and Paul

Marie's Foster Family and the Moon Family.   

Paul Everette Foster and Lena Foster Moon are siblings.

Two of Marie siblings died a birth.

front : Charles and Paul Foster

Back:  Marie holding baby sister Eloise

Marie and boyfriend. 

Henry Paul and Marie Foster Prance

Anna Prance and her parents Henry Paul and Marie Foster Prance

Marie and her sister Eloise Foster Meek

Campground Meeting 1967: L to R: Foster siblings Marie, Paul, Charles, and Eloise.

Foster clan

Paul, Marie and daughter-in-law Thelma Prance

L to R:  Eloise Foster Meek, Charles Foster, Paul Foster, and Marie Foster Prance.  They are lined up in order of their  age.

Paul and Marie and son Julian Prance

Marie and granddaughter Jessica and great granddaughter Christian 

Marie with grandsons Rocky and Adam Hunter

c2003 with g-g-grandchildren Angel and Drew

Yesterday we carried Marie to the funeral of Dot Croy, her very good friend and confident. 

After the funeral we took her to Johnboys, her favorite restaurant.  Before she had  even tasted her soup she started shivering like she was freezing.  I gave her my coffee to warm her up.  She could not drink it her hands were trembling so bad.  Something was wrong.

We carried her to the ER.

The medical staff said she would die soon.  Thanks to facebook her grandchildren were alerted.  When she died she surrounded by family.  

She died at 11:09.  The nurse said she stopped breathing then.

However the doctor could not get to her examine her vitals until after midnight, so her death is officially noted as dying the next day.

She lived 94 years.  

Larry Foster Moon (1943 - 2015)

Today Larry Foster Moon (1943-2015) died.  May he rest in peace.

This picture was taken during my parents' courting phase.  Left to right:  The first couple are my parents, Ed Hunter  and Janie Petty;  the second lady I do not know, I think her name might be Jonnie Rollins; the next lady is  my mother's older sister, Opal Petty; and the next couple  is Lois Carter and her date.  I don't think her date in this picture was  her future husband , Toy Moon, they probably had not met yet.   Lois like Opal and Janie (and maybe Jonny Rollins) were from the hills of north Georgia who had come to Marietta to work.

They were young and then they married, multiplied,  grew old,  and died, like we all will.

Marie and Her Two Brothers

c1926

The big sister in these proofs is Marie Foster.   That was her name then.  Now it is Marie Foster Prance.  The two boys are her brothers Charles and Paul.  

Marie turned 93 yesterday.  She is my mother-in-law.

Charles Jones Foster (1925 - 2012)

Anna's uncle Charles Jones Foster died Wednesday,January 11, 2012, only about 3 weeks short of his 87th birthday.

Charles was born in and grew up in Marietta. He loved aviation. As a teenager he used to ride his bike to Atlanta to watch the planes take-off and land. In WWII he joined the Army and became a flight Engineer. After the war he became a pilot of TWA.

Before the war, he and his brother Paul worked at the Strand Theater. Paul ran the projector with Charles help and Charles also got the weekly previews printed up and distributed.

Charles was very sensitive about the right food. His diet was the ideal non-fat diet. Once he told me he has never eaten a Varsity Hotdog but he has tried their chicken-salad sandwich. I didn't know whether to complement him or feel sorry for him.

His life was not without tragic. His first wife Florence died and the oldest of his three daughters died before he did. He married secondly to Jane who was a good partner for him. Jane kept him active.

Charles was a good man which I'm sure his off-spring would agree.

Victoria Moon Road to Recovery

Victoria is the wife of Stephen Moon, who is the son of Anna's 2nd cousins the late Doug and Mary Cochran Moon. Victoria fell in the doctor's office during a routine visit and went into a coma. Here is brief video summary of Victoria's struggle presented by the local Fox TV News:

Cobb Mother Hurt in Fall Recovering: MyFoxATLANTA.com

South Pacific - Not the Musical

With the coconut bra it reminded me of the movie SOUTH PACIFIC. This my wife's uncle Paul Foster and his Marine unit during war time (WWII war time) in the South Pacific. This is a spill over from the previous post.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!