Foose, Maida Katherine (Spradley)

Maida Katherine Spradley Foose

Date of birth: 31 Jan 1918
Date of death: 29 Aug 2006

Burial Information

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Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 088A-08
Status: Occupied

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Obituary
Katherine Spradley Foose

Katherine Spradley Foose, 88, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at her home. Services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington with burial in Odds Fellows Cemetery. Officiating ministers were Rev. Skipper Maxwell and Rev. Edwin (Sonny) Potts.

Mrs. Foose grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father, Will Spradley was in the hardware business. She attended Birmingham Southern and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority.

In November of 1938 she married Sam Foose, Jr. of Tchula. After World War II, Katherine and Sam returned to Tchula where they spent most of their married life. Sam raised cotton, and Katherine spent her days as a devoted housewife and loving mother of four children.

A devout Christian, Mrs. Foose was an active member of the United Methodist Church. She also worked tirelessly in the Tchula Garden Club to beautify the Town of Tchula and to establish and maintain Pinecrest Cemetery. Mrs. Foose's expansive knowledge of horticulture and her talent in flower arranging were evident throughout her home and garden. Mrs. Foose was a member-at-large of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

In later years she and Sam moved to Lexington where they enjoyed their remaining years together.

After being widowed and because of failing health, Mrs. Foose moved in 2003 into the home of her daughter, Nancy Katherine Barrett in Lexington. In this home, surrounded by her family and dear friends, she spent her last days.

Mrs. Foose was preceded in death by her parents, C.W. and Bertha Houseman Spradley; her husband, Samuel Jackson Foose, Jr.; and her brothers, C.W. (Bill) Spradley, Jr. and Walter W. Spradley.

She is survived by her son, Stephen Spradley Foose of Duncanville, Texas; her son, Charles William (Billy) Foose of Dallas, Texas; her daughter, Mrs. John W. (Don) Barrett of Lexington; and her son, Kenneth Donelson (Don) Foose of Mobile Alabama; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Oliver Harris, Ellis Harris, Hardy Harris, Kenneth Harris, Tommy Peaster, and Jeff James.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 108 Tchula Street, Lexington, MS 39095..