- Date Of Birth: November 29, 1919
- Date Of Death: December 29, 2017
- State: Texas
The youngest of 13 children, Jessie Hamrick Foster was born on November 29, 1919 in Bell County, Texas to Frank and Parmer Hamrick. She went to heaven to join the Lord and her beloved Wilbur on December 29, 2017.
Jessie married the love of her life, Wilbur Riley Foster on May 14, 1938. They were married 75 years until his death on June 3, 2013. A hard working lady, Jessie had many careers, beginning with picking cotton, farming and milking cows. She was a telephone switchboard operator, worked as a dental assistant, had an alterations shop, owned a catering business, sold antiques and worked at the funeral home. All the while, she also did the bookkeeping and accounts receivable for her husband’s automotive tractor repair shop. But her greatest love was being a wife to Wilbur and mother to daughter Lyndal Haney and son Morris Foster.
Jessie was involved in her church and community. A longtime member of the Salado Church of Christ, Jessie and Wilbur were active in every aspect. From doing the books, preparing for services or events and serving members in need, she was always willing to help even to the last weeks of her life. Jessie was on the board of the Red School House and worked to renovate it and establish the Salado Civic Center. Jessie and Wilbur were honored in 2012 by the Public Arts League of Salado for their folk art replicas of stagecoaches and other vehicles.
Jessie was predeased by her husband, Wilbur, her parents and all of her siblings: Pete Hamrick, Minnie Lee Guess, Ruby Cabiness, Harvey Hamrick, Sadie Northern, Bernice Havens, Bera Boyd, and JW (Jiggs) Hamrick. A devoted sister, she took care of many of her siblings in the last years of their life.
Surviving Jessie are daughter Lyndal Haney and husband James, son Morris Foster and wife Amanda, grandsons Greg Haney and wife Jan, Ryan Foster, Ralston Foster and wife Daphney, and Garrett Foster; granddaughters Debbie and husband Terry Alferos, Lanna Domangue and husband Scott, and Janna Russell; great grandchildren Cody Haney, Kirsten Alferos, Autumn Alferos, Collin Russell, Derek Russell and wife Meagan, Taylor Domangue and Nicole Domangue and great great grandson Damien Aquino. Her adored dog, Pinto, also survives her.
