Sally (Foster) Barker
November 6, 1927 - January 14, 2023
"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that, at the last, he shall stand upon the earth. And, after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, not another. How my heart yearns within me." Job 19:25-28
SALLY FOSTER, 95, died on January 14, 2023, after a short illness, surrounded by her family and friends.
Sally was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was a pillar of the Alexandria business, arts, and philanthropic community for seventy-five years. Her accomplishments were so many that the void her death creates will be difficult to fill. Over her long and active life, she was President of the Alexandria Junior Charity League, the Kent House Foundation, the Alexandria Art Museum, and the Alexandria Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a Founding Member of the Louisiana History Museum. Sally was an antique dealer and interior decorator for clients from Washington, DC to Houston, Texas. One of the earliest female members of Rotary Club, she regularly attended the weekly Rotary lunch meeting. She was a 75-year member of Chi Omega Sorority, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Friends of St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. Sally was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and regularly attended services there or at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church where her daughter, Liz, is an active member. She knew virtually everyone in Alexandria and her grace, poise and elegance were admired by all.
Sally Foster was born in New Orleans, LA on November 6, 1927, daughter of Charles S. and Bessie L. Foster.
Her father was an engineer and sales executive with Texaco, Inc and her mother was a church administrator. Sally grew up in Monroe, LA and attended Neville High School, where she had leadership roles which presaged her later life – president of the student body, president of her class, salutatorian, and a member of the Homecoming Court. She graduated from Newcomb College in 1948, after having been Homecoming Queen at Tulane in 1946. She received a master's degree in child psychology and a teaching certificate from Louisiana State University in 1947. In 1951, Sally married the late Harold Barnett ("Mac") McSween of Alexandria and came to Alexandria to live. Sally and Mac had four children – John (Sharon), Robert (Karen Nickerson), Elizabeth ("Liz") and Sally (Mrs. Taylor Ward). Mac was elected to Congress in 1957 and Sally moved to Washington where she was involved with the Congressional Wives Club and the campaign of President John F. Kennedy in 1960. When she and Mac returned to Alexandria, Sally began her long career of civic involvement in this community.
Sally is survived by her four children, her brother, C. Allen Foster (Susan) of Alexandria, VA, seven grandchildren (John Christopher, Christina, Andrew, Rebecca, Caity, and Beckett McSween, and Richard ("Mac") and Marjorie Ward) and three greatgrandchildren (Max, Claire and Finlay McSween). Her second marriage to Dr. Arnold Barker, Jr. of Shreveport ended in divorce.
A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
November 6, 1927 - January 14, 2023
"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that, at the last, he shall stand upon the earth. And, after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, not another. How my heart yearns within me." Job 19:25-28
SALLY FOSTER, 95, died on January 14, 2023, after a short illness, surrounded by her family and friends.
Sally was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was a pillar of the Alexandria business, arts, and philanthropic community for seventy-five years. Her accomplishments were so many that the void her death creates will be difficult to fill. Over her long and active life, she was President of the Alexandria Junior Charity League, the Kent House Foundation, the Alexandria Art Museum, and the Alexandria Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a Founding Member of the Louisiana History Museum. Sally was an antique dealer and interior decorator for clients from Washington, DC to Houston, Texas. One of the earliest female members of Rotary Club, she regularly attended the weekly Rotary lunch meeting. She was a 75-year member of Chi Omega Sorority, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Friends of St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. Sally was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and regularly attended services there or at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church where her daughter, Liz, is an active member. She knew virtually everyone in Alexandria and her grace, poise and elegance were admired by all.
Sally Foster was born in New Orleans, LA on November 6, 1927, daughter of Charles S. and Bessie L. Foster.
Her father was an engineer and sales executive with Texaco, Inc and her mother was a church administrator. Sally grew up in Monroe, LA and attended Neville High School, where she had leadership roles which presaged her later life – president of the student body, president of her class, salutatorian, and a member of the Homecoming Court. She graduated from Newcomb College in 1948, after having been Homecoming Queen at Tulane in 1946. She received a master's degree in child psychology and a teaching certificate from Louisiana State University in 1947. In 1951, Sally married the late Harold Barnett ("Mac") McSween of Alexandria and came to Alexandria to live. Sally and Mac had four children – John (Sharon), Robert (Karen Nickerson), Elizabeth ("Liz") and Sally (Mrs. Taylor Ward). Mac was elected to Congress in 1957 and Sally moved to Washington where she was involved with the Congressional Wives Club and the campaign of President John F. Kennedy in 1960. When she and Mac returned to Alexandria, Sally began her long career of civic involvement in this community.
Sally is survived by her four children, her brother, C. Allen Foster (Susan) of Alexandria, VA, seven grandchildren (John Christopher, Christina, Andrew, Rebecca, Caity, and Beckett McSween, and Richard ("Mac") and Marjorie Ward) and three greatgrandchildren (Max, Claire and Finlay McSween). Her second marriage to Dr. Arnold Barker, Jr. of Shreveport ended in divorce.
A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
Sally (Foster) Barker
November 6, 1927 - January 14, 2023
"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that, at the last, he shall stand upon the earth. And, after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, not another. How my heart yearns within me." Job 19:25-28
SALLY FOSTER, 95, died on January 14, 2023, after a short illness, surrounded by her family and friends.
Sally was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was a pillar of the Alexandria business, arts, and philanthropic community for seventy-five years. Her accomplishments were so many that the void her death creates will be difficult to fill. Over her long and active life, she was President of the Alexandria Junior Charity League, the Kent House Foundation, the Alexandria Art Museum, and the Alexandria Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a Founding Member of the Louisiana History Museum. Sally was an antique dealer and interior decorator for clients from Washington, DC to Houston, Texas. One of the earliest female members of Rotary Club, she regularly attended the weekly Rotary lunch meeting. She was a 75-year member of Chi Omega Sorority, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Friends of St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. Sally was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and regularly attended services there or at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church where her daughter, Liz, is an active member. She knew virtually everyone in Alexandria and her grace, poise and elegance were admired by all.
Sally Foster was born in New Orleans, LA on November 6, 1927, daughter of Charles S. and Bessie L. Foster.
Her father was an engineer and sales executive with Texaco, Inc and her mother was a church administrator. Sally grew up in Monroe, LA and attended Neville High School, where she had leadership roles which presaged her later life – president of the student body, president of her class, salutatorian, and a member of the Homecoming Court. She graduated from Newcomb College in 1948, after having been Homecoming Queen at Tulane in 1946. She received a master's degree in child psychology and a teaching certificate from Louisiana State University in 1947. In 1951, Sally married the late Harold Barnett ("Mac") McSween of Alexandria and came to Alexandria to live. Sally and Mac had four children – John (Sharon), Robert (Karen Nickerson), Elizabeth ("Liz") and Sally (Mrs. Taylor Ward). Mac was elected to Congress in 1957 and Sally moved to Washington where she was involved with the Congressional Wives Club and the campaign of President John F. Kennedy in 1960. When she and Mac returned to Alexandria, Sally began her long career of civic involvement in this community.
Sally is survived by her four children, her brother, C. Allen Foster (Susan) of Alexandria, VA, seven grandchildren (John Christopher, Christina, Andrew, Rebecca, Caity, and Beckett McSween, and Richard ("Mac") and Marjorie Ward) and three greatgrandchildren (Max, Claire and Finlay McSween). Her second marriage to Dr. Arnold Barker, Jr. of Shreveport ended in divorce.
A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
November 6, 1927 - January 14, 2023
"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that, at the last, he shall stand upon the earth. And, after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, not another. How my heart yearns within me." Job 19:25-28
SALLY FOSTER, 95, died on January 14, 2023, after a short illness, surrounded by her family and friends.
Sally was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was a pillar of the Alexandria business, arts, and philanthropic community for seventy-five years. Her accomplishments were so many that the void her death creates will be difficult to fill. Over her long and active life, she was President of the Alexandria Junior Charity League, the Kent House Foundation, the Alexandria Art Museum, and the Alexandria Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and was a Founding Member of the Louisiana History Museum. Sally was an antique dealer and interior decorator for clients from Washington, DC to Houston, Texas. One of the earliest female members of Rotary Club, she regularly attended the weekly Rotary lunch meeting. She was a 75-year member of Chi Omega Sorority, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Friends of St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. Sally was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and regularly attended services there or at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church where her daughter, Liz, is an active member. She knew virtually everyone in Alexandria and her grace, poise and elegance were admired by all.
Sally Foster was born in New Orleans, LA on November 6, 1927, daughter of Charles S. and Bessie L. Foster.
Her father was an engineer and sales executive with Texaco, Inc and her mother was a church administrator. Sally grew up in Monroe, LA and attended Neville High School, where she had leadership roles which presaged her later life – president of the student body, president of her class, salutatorian, and a member of the Homecoming Court. She graduated from Newcomb College in 1948, after having been Homecoming Queen at Tulane in 1946. She received a master's degree in child psychology and a teaching certificate from Louisiana State University in 1947. In 1951, Sally married the late Harold Barnett ("Mac") McSween of Alexandria and came to Alexandria to live. Sally and Mac had four children – John (Sharon), Robert (Karen Nickerson), Elizabeth ("Liz") and Sally (Mrs. Taylor Ward). Mac was elected to Congress in 1957 and Sally moved to Washington where she was involved with the Congressional Wives Club and the campaign of President John F. Kennedy in 1960. When she and Mac returned to Alexandria, Sally began her long career of civic involvement in this community.
Sally is survived by her four children, her brother, C. Allen Foster (Susan) of Alexandria, VA, seven grandchildren (John Christopher, Christina, Andrew, Rebecca, Caity, and Beckett McSween, and Richard ("Mac") and Marjorie Ward) and three greatgrandchildren (Max, Claire and Finlay McSween). Her second marriage to Dr. Arnold Barker, Jr. of Shreveport ended in divorce.
A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
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