Verna Byrd Foster Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Verna Byrd Foster of Elkin, North Carolina, who passed away on October 13, 2024, at the age of 92, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Verna Byrd Foster to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Ernest Montgomery and Annie Barker Byrd; her former husband John R. Jackson; her husband U. W. Foster; and her siblings, Mayford Byrd and Sue Byrd Fowler.
She is survived by: her daughters, Linda Jackson Swaim (Ricky) of Yadkinville and Cheryl Pardue-Chaney (Cliff Chaney) of Advance; her stepchildren, Amy Cox, Wilkesboro, Betty Barefoot of Canton, GA., Hope McRorie of Lynchburg, VA. and Bill Foster of Myrtle Beach, SC; her siblings, James Byrd (Carol) of Elkin and Irene Byrd Berry of Winston Salem; and her grandchildren, Kelly Swaim (Sheri) of Yadkinville, Casey Swaim (Christa) of Hamptonville, Dr. Caleb Pardue (Kimberley) of Albuquerque, NM and Dr. Brett Pardue (Allison) of Oxford, NC.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Benham Baptist Church, 8697 Greenhorn Road, Elkin, NC 28621 or Samaritans Purse, Post Office Box 3000, Boone, NC 28670.
