Issac Foster

Issac Newton Foster, Sr., age 76 from Konawa, Oklahoma, departed this life on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at his residence.rnrnA wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 10th, at High Springs Baptist Church in Konawa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at High Springs Baptist Church in Konawa, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. Burial will follow at the Foster Family Cemetery in Konawa. Houston Tiger and Dorsey Nero will officiate. Pallbearers are Harry Douglas, Jason Tiger, George Johnson, Roy Carpitcher, Johnny Micco and Barton Joe Looney. Honorary pallbearers are Amon Burgess, Junior Alexander, Cody Foster, Chad Foster, A.J. Foster, and Eric Foster.rnrnIssac was born on July 29, 1932, to Washie Foster and Alice (Bean) Foster in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He was brought up by Dickie and Matilda Johnson. He attended Vamoosa School. He married Katherine Harjo in 1954. He was a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Rewalke Band and Sweet Potato Clan. He was in the Army National Guard, and he was a veteran of the Korean War, and he was an Ordained minister and the Pastor of High Springs Baptist Church since 1983.rnrnHe is survived by his wife, Katherine Foster of the home; six sons, Allen Foster of Harjo, Oklahoma, Herman Foster of Bowlegs, Oklahoma, Matthew Foster of Edmond, Oklahoma, Adam Foster of Konawa, Oklahoma, Issac Foster, Jr. of Seminole, Oklahoma, and Bill Foster of Konawa; one daughter, May Sue Scott of Konawa; one brother, Kenneth Washie Foster of Poteau, Oklahoma; four sisters, Loretta Votaw of Seminole, Geneva Jones of Seminole, Wynema Bruner of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Pat Cook of Holdenville, Oklahoma; fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.rnrnHe was preceded in death by his parents, Washie and Alice Foster; one sister, Lillie Mae Whitebird, and one granddaughter, Tabitha Foster.rn Funeral Information: March 10, 2009, 2:00 AM