Donald Wayne Foster

April 19, 1944 - December 1, 2020

Graveside services for Donald Wayne Foster will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 12 PM Noon in Bethel Cemetery with Bro. Carl Gulde and Bro.Ron Nation officiating. Interment immediately follow under the direction of Kramer of Colfax. Donald Wayne Foster,76, of Colfax, LA, passed away at CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital on December 1, 2020. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert Edward Foster and Edith Elizabeth Crews Foster; his brothers, James Foster and Ronald Foster and his sister, Ann Marks. Don loved his wife, Virginia, and his family more than anything else. He retired from the Grant Parish Police Jury Gas Department and was also a Grant Parish Justice of the Peace. Don was a Shriner in the El Karubah Oriental Band, Mason of the Tioga Lodge, and a past President of the Cenla Shrine Club. He was well known for his dancing as the Genie in the Shriner Band. He enjoyed spending time outdoors. Don had an annual fishing trip with Mr. Kay Irwin and Mr. Ernie Finger that he always enjoyed and had many good fishing stories from those trips. Don was a member of Bayou Bass Masters of Alexandria, the Colfax Lions Club and attended Bethel Baptist Church. Those left to cherish Don’s memory are his wife of 39 years, Virginia Spears Foster; his six children, Bobette Lowe (Curtis), Shanna Ellis (Steve), Roland Hill, Lagena Dubois (Stephen), Alan Foster, and Franklin Hill (Esther) 16 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and his sister, Nina Faye Hooter. Pallbearers honored to serve are Marcus Hodnett, Justin Sigler, Ben Ellis, Josh Ellis, Luke Ellis and Barry Driggers. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children- Shreveport, 3100 Samford Ave, Shreveport, LA and Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, 8789 LA-8, Colfax, LA, 71417.