5100 Interstate 30 (at US-69), Greenville, TX 75402
Merry Ruth Wood Foster, obituary portrait — Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

In Loving Memory

Merry Ruth WoodFoster

Passed Away On July 13, 2010
At Age 78 years
Resident of Greenville, TX
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Merry Ruth Wood Foster, 78, of Greenville died July 13, 2010 at Briarcliff Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM Saturday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Kearns officiating. Burial will follow in Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.

 

Merry was born July 16, 1931 in Denton to Charles A. and Clete Britt Wood. She married Lonnie Bee Foster, Jr. on October 21, 1950 in Dallas. She was a charter member of Crestview Christian Church and was a retired teacher.

 

She is survived by a son, Charles Foster of Dallas; two daughters, Wrenda Francis and husband Stan of Sulphur Springs and Liz Thompson of Greenville; four grandchildren, Corey Francis and wife Erin of Mattawah, MI, Lt. Cmdr Dr. Jeremy Francis and wife Renee of Kailua, HI, Nicole Fikes and husband Gary of Austin and SSgt Ben Thompson of Washington, D.C.; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband, June 9, 2010.
 
Pallbearers will be Corey Francis, Staff Sergeant Ben Thompson, Gary Fikes, Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Jeremy Francis and Stan Francis
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Services

Visitation

Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

5100 Interstate 30

Greenville, TX, 75402

July 16, 2010

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

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Service

Friends & Family

Coker-Mathews Funeral Home

5100 Interstate 30

Greenville, TX, 75402

July 17, 2010

10:00 AM

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Interment

Memoryland Memorial Park

808 Jack Finney Blvd. (FM 1570)

Greenville, TX, 75402

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Condolences (9)

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Dwight Siebman Bowie, TX July 19, 2010
"Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of loss. Merry Ruth's smile will be missed when the Wood family gets together in the future.
Dwight & Vickie"
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Linda A Walker WM# 417 Dike, TX July 17, 2010
"So very sorry for your loss. Losing someone so precious and special is never easy. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. May the Lord bless you and keep you."
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Nelda Beggs Griffin Greenville, TX July 16, 2010
"I am so sorry to hear about your mother passing. Our prayers are with all of you. May God bless and k eep you near. Love Nelda Beggs Griffin"
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