Mr. Marshall Lee Foster of Springfield passed peacefully from this life on Monday, December 19, 2022 in Campbellsville at the Grandview Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Stearns, KY to the late Killis and Beulah Christine (Hamlin) Foster on October 22, 1937, he was 84 years of age at the time of his death. He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Stearns First Baptist Church and Springfield Baptist Church. Mr. Foster was a retired district manager in the insurance industry. He was a veteran, having served his country honorably in the United States Army, and served his God and his community as a member of the Orie S. Ware Masonic Lodge #874 F&AM in Stearns, and the Oleika Shriners Lodge in Lexington.

He leaves to cherish his memory:

Two children: Louis Wayne Foster and wife Kelly of Burlington, and Debbie Paul and husband Wesley of Springfield,

A sister: Emma Lou Hall of Cincinnati, Ohio,

Eight grandchildren: Charissa Riley and husband Steven, Tabitha Foster, Kris Foster and wife Megan, Randy Foster, Jacob Foster and wife Destinie, Madelyn Foster, Ashley Weaver-Paul and husband Rory, and Jonathan Paul,

Eight great-grandchildren,

And a host of other family members and close friends.

Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Valdia (Hayes) Foster, two children, Lee Allen Foster and Stephen Foster, and two siblings, Margaret King and James Howard Foster.

There will be a funeral service to honor the life of Mr. Foster on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the Springfield Baptist Church, 305 Lincoln Park Rd, Springfield, KY. Pastor Aaron Sherrell and Dr. Wesley Paul will officiate. Interment will follow in the Angel Cemetery in Stearns.

The family will receive friends at the church on Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 10:00 AM until time for the service.

Obituary courtesy of Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home.