Mrs. Tallulah Johnson Foster, 105, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014.
She was born in Dalton, Georgia on April 29, 1909, the 9th child in a family of 10, to Ambrose A. Johnson and Lula Bailey Johnson. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1936 with a Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation, she got a job as secretary to Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone with the Wind. She worked for her until her book was published. She was married to James Maund and had one child, Mary Maund Drake, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, both are deceased.
Mrs. Foster was a retired employee of the Flight Standard Division of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was married to the late Henry Foster in 1960, an active Shriner and retired General Aviation Investigator for the FAA. She was the Founding President of the Otto Garden Club, Otto, NC, and was a former member of Franklin United Methodist Church, Franklin, NC. She was also a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, James Island, SC and Riverland Terrace Garden Club, James Island, SC. Mrs. Foster was a former resident a Savannah House, James Island, SC (1998-2010) and moved to Sweetgrass Village - Senior Living Community, Mt. Pleasant, SC in November 2010.
Mrs. Foster is survived by grandsons; Louis N. Drake, IV and his wife, Barbara, of Charleston, SC and their children, Debra Drake and her daughter, Alice Joyce Drake and Louis N. Drake, V; and David J. Drake, Sr., of Mt. Pleasant, SC and his children, David J. Drake, Jr. and Christopher Manning, and several nieces and nephews and their families.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pet Helpers, 1447 Folly Road, Charleston, SC 29412 or Susan G. Komen Foundation, 9300 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite F, North Charleston, SC 29405. Mrs. Foster was a breast cancer survivor from the late 1960's.
The family will receive friends on Friday, October 24, 2014 in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, 1494 Mathis Ferry Road from 7:00 until 8:00 pm. Her Memorial Service will be held in the Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 10:00 am with interment immediately following at Christ Church Cemetery, 2304 Hwy 17N, Mt. Pleasant, SC. A reception will be held following the interment at the Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel.