James Lawrence Foster, 95, passed away on January 1, 2019 in Boerne, Texas. He was born to Charles William and Annie Bell (Bradley) Foster on February 6, 1923 in San Antonio, Texas, the second of three boys. Lawrence married Louise Nunn in San Antonio, Texas on January 3, 1943. Together, they raised their three daughters in San Antonio, Texas, building most of the homes in which they lived. They moved to McAllen, Texas for ten years before they retired to Lake Buchanan where he built their last home. He was married seventy one years to Louise before she passed in 2014.

Lawrence worked hard all of his life doing a variety of jobs growing up in San Antonio. He joined the Army Air Corp in 1941 and served throughout WWII at Fort Sam Houston, and was discharged at the rank of Sergeant. He was in the 2510th Army Air Forces. After his military service, he worked as a pilot in west Texas, a flight instructor at Camp Gary in San Marcos, Texas, and at Kelly AFB he was an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer. Finally he became a pilot for the US Department of Agriculture at Moore Field for several years before retirement. He was a Master Mason in The Grand Lodge of Texas, Valley Lodge No. 175.

He is survived by two of his daughters and sons-in-law: Linda and Walter Geraghty, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas, and Susan and John R. Handley of Katy, Texas; seven grandchildren: Holly Garver and her husband David, Walter Geraghty, III and his wife Lauren, Patrick Geraghty, Lieren Handley, Lindsey Handley, Clay Handley, Chelsea and her husband Michael van der Sloot; three great grandchildren: Seth and Hope Garver, and Joseph Geraghty, IV and numerous nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, two brothers: William and Eugene Foster, daughter Sherye Foster, and grandson Robert Weaver.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider a donation to a charity supporting Alzheimer's research such as the Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Floor 17, Chicago, Illinois 60601-7633 or The Cure Alzheimer's Fund, 34 Washington St, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

Funeral arrangements made by Putnam Funeral Home, 145 Texas Avenue, Kingsland, Texas 78639. (325) 388-0008. An online guest register may be signed at www.PutnamCares.com.