Frances Kathleen Guthrie Foster

Published 1:01 pm Saturday, March 30, 2019

Mrs. Frances Kathleen Guthrie Foster, age 80, a resident of 850 West Old Pamlico Beach Road, Belhaven, died Thursday, March 28, 2019, at her home.

Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Pamlico Beach Cemetery at Ryder Hill.

Active pallbearers will be Chris Abramson, McKinley Foster, Lonnie Foster, Sr., Gene Foster, Dustin Asby, and Matt Winstead.

Henry Foster, Jr., Earl Foster, Sr., Casin Foster, Tilmon Guthrie, Jr., Earl Foster, Jr., Joe Ben Foster, Lonnie Foster, Jr., Joseph Foster, Sammy Curlings, Jr., Jason Curlings, Vince Hodges and Harley Alligood, III will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Mrs. Foster was born in Beaufort County on Feb. 14, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Melton Guthrie and Cassie Campen Potter Foster. Mrs. Foster had attended the Pamlico Beach Missionary Baptist Church. In her spare time, she enjoyed crocheting and needlepoint.

Mrs. Foster was married Ellis Garfield Foster, who preceded her in death in 1989.

She is survived by two daughters, Pamela F. Tetterton and husband Marvin, of Pinetown, and Loretta Foster, of the home; one son, Ellis Garfield Foster, Jr., of the home; three grandchildren, Tiffany Cornelius, Staci Cornelius, Brooklyn Taylor; two great-grandsons, Christopher Cornelius, Skyler Cornelius; and one brother, Tilmon Guthrie.

In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by a daughter, Cassie Foster; a stillborn son; a brother, Ted Guthrie; and two sisters, Beatrice Foster and Sina Thurman.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Paul Funeral Home in Belhaven and other times at the home.

Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home of Belhaven is honored to serve the Foster family.