Reverend Hubert W. Foust

Reverend Hubert W. Foust, 99, of Graham went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Friday May 1, 2015, in Graham. A graveside service is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, 2015, at 2:00p.m. in Pioneer Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home.

Brother Foust was born February 23, 1916, in Cullman, Alabama, to the late William P. and Nora (Jackson) Foust, one of 12 children. He married Opal K. Jones in Carlsbad, Texas, in 1937. She preceded him in death on March 18, 2004. Brother Foust was a Methodist minister and also a former Baptist minister, having served as pastor of Loving Baptist Church, Jean Baptist Church, and also First Baptist Church in Graham for 20 years. He was a member of Young County Masonic Lodge #485 and a Scottish Right Mason. Papa loved his faith, his family, his friends, and his college football and basketball teams…not necessarily in that order! He loved people, working with his hands to make woodcarvings, and writing letters of encouragement. When told by a church member to “Give ‘em some Hell, Preacher!” before a sermon one Sunday evening, he told that member he would rather give them all a bit of heaven, since people seemed to already have enough hell in their lives. 

Survivors include: son Joe Foust and wife Delnita of Eureka Springs, AR; sister Vera Tennant of Artesia, NM; grandson Todd Foust of Graham; granddaughters Ashlee Thigpen Howard and husband Tim of Frisco, Padgett Thigpen Hughes and husband Danny of Graham, Dacre Whitaker and husband Ken of Bentonville, AR. Great grandchildren: Graham and Garrett Foust, Payton and Sydney Smith, and Gracie Howard. He is also survived by son-in-law Chuck Stapp of Graham.

Brother Foust was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Thigpen Stapp and son-in-law Fred Thigpen; and most of his siblings. 

In lieu of flowers or formal memorials, please do a random act of kindness for someone in need to honor his memory. He will be forever in our hearts and missed greatly. 

One of Hubert Foust’s favorite poems…and words he lived by:

“In men whom men condemn as ill

I find so much of goodness still.

In men whom men pronounce divine

I find so much of sin and blot

I do not dare to draw a line

Between the two, where God has not.” 

                   ---Joaquin Miller