January 28, 2008


Mrs. Margaret L. Ward Rodgers Foster

Mrs. Margaret L. Ward Rodgers Foster, 79, fondly known as "Shag" (She-She) of 725 Brook Ave., Suffolk, Va., went into eternal rest on Jan. 28, 2008 in Sentara Obici Hospital. She was predeceased by her parents, John and Winnie Horner Rodgers.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Mahan Street. In 1946, she graduated from the East Suffolk High School and later earned a degree in education from Elizabeth State University.  She taught at the East Suffolk High School for many years and in Portsmouth Public Schools for 25 years until her retirement in 1988. She was a devoted member both the DAV Veterans Auxiliary and the Hospitality Committee for the Harris Funeral Home.

Her survivors include one daughter, Gwendolyn L.W. Joyner, of Suffolk, one son, Victor D. Foster, of Lithonia, Ga.; two granddaughters, Tonita Lassiter (Tommy), of Suffolk and Kimberly (Marcus), of Suffolk; one sister, Alice V. Harris, and one brother, John Rodgers, both of Suffolk; three great-grandchildren, Devin Joyner, Keenen Ash and McKenzie Young, all of Suffolk. She will be greatly missed by special nieces, Winnie Jeanette Carson and Vanessa Harris, both of Suffolk, and a host of other loving relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her sister, Gladys R. Davis.

A funeral of triumph will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the First Baptist Church, Mahan Street with the Rev. Steven Blunt officiating. Burial will be in the Carver Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Thursday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Harris Funeral Home. Mrs. Foster will also be viewed on Saturday at the church from 11:30 a.m. until service time. The family will assemble at the residence on Saturday for the funeral processional at 11:45 a.m. You may send flowers and or condolences to the family at http://www.vharrisfuneralhome.com.  Harris Funeral Home, 685 Carolina Road, Suffolk, has been entrusted with the home-going. He was predeceased by a daughter Lessie Bell, Two brothers George M. Goode and William T. Goode, Three sisters , Etta Goode, Viola Chisholm, and Gladys G. Riddick.