Mr. Billie Don Foster, a resident of Haskell, Oklahoma, after 55 years, passed from this life on January 4, 2007 from Haskell.

Haskell, Oklahoma is where Pearline Bruner and Earl Foster became the proud parents of a baby boy that arrived on the first day of February in 1951. They named their new son Billie Don.

He attended school in Haskell and the family later moved to Tulsa, where he then attended Tulsa Public Schools.

Mr. Foster was employed for over 14 years at Formac Industry and later in life, became self-employed. He also owned and operated a Bar-B-Que Stand for a short while. Those who knew him would call him the Bar-B-Que Man.

If you ever met Billie, he would always talk about the Lord. His other love was refurbishing old buildings and making them like new.

Billie was a kind person-he would touch your heart and you would never forget him. He was a people person and enjoyed life.

His time with us on Earth came to a close on Wednesday, January 4, 2007. He was preceded in death by his mother, Pearline Lockett.

He leaves to cherish his memory; his sons, Billie Jr., Anthony [Algerita]; four daughters, Pearline, Sheena, Treena, all of Tulsa and Shacunda, Fort Worth Texas; his father, Earl Foster, Tulsa, Oklahoma; two brothers, Clyde Quinn, San Diego, California and Raymond, Kansas City, Missouri; four sisters, Minnie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gloretta [George] Harris, Mexia, Texas, Earline, Marveline, Tulsa, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; an uncle, Wallace Bruner, Muskogee, Oklahoma; a special friend, Rhonda; along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

The final hour for Mr. Foster will be on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 2:30 P.M. in the Haskell Assembly of God. Reverend Jessie Gist will Preside.

Burial will follow in Phyllis Cemetery, northwest of Haskell.

You may visit Mr. Foster, as he slumbers at the Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors, Inc., in Muskogee, on Friday from 12 Noon to 6 PM.