Frances Beard Foster

Born in Appomattox Co., she was the daughter of the late James Howard Beard and the late Lottie Wilmer Beard. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by six brothers, Henry, George, Carrington, Herman, Herbert and Robert Beard and five sisters, Estelle B. Martin, Marie B. Johnson, Irene B. Hurt, Zelia B. Chapman and Virginia B. Epperly.

Frances was a member of West Lynchburg Baptist Church and she was retired from General Electric Corp. after 20 years of service. Most of all, Frances was a devoted, loving wife and mother whose greatest joy was being with her family.

She is survived by four children, James Horton and Brenda H. Brown, both of Lynchburg, Janice H. Adcock and her husband, Robert, of Madison Heights and Quinton Horton of Bedford; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, at Whitten Monelison Chapel by Pastor J.D. Surbaugh. Interment will follow in the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Stonewall.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Whitten Monelison Chapel.

The family requests that those wishing to make memorial contributions, please consider the Temple Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 970, Madison Heights, VA 24572