CASTALIA - Bennie Foster, 73, of Castalia died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Britthaven Nursing Home in Louisburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Cedar Rock Baptist Church, Castalia. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: his wife, Arlean Evans Foster of Castalia; daughters, Lualla Neal of the home, Beatrice Peace of Bunn, Matine Perry and Debbie Foster, both of Louisburg; sons, Clayton Foster of Castalia and James Earnest of Louisburg; sisters, Geneva Wilkinson of Baltimore, Md., and Annie Evans of Castalia; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Arrangements by Alston-Anderson Funeral Service, 904 S. Main St., Louisburg.