Funeral services for Bobby Lee Foster of West Monroe will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Lapine Assembly of God Church West Monroe. Rev. Gene Benson and Rev. Ricky Nolan will be officiating. Interment will follow at Lapine Assembly of God Church Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Bobby was born July 13, 1944 and passed away on June 25, 2012 after a battle with congestive heart failure, years of pain and suffering and several hospital confinements. Bobby was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving four years in the Navy. He worked for Graphic Packaging for forty-two years. Bobby had a devout Christian faith and he was a kind and generous man. He made several friends at the hospitals and nursing homes while a patient there. He was a macho man but he was the apple of Mama's eye and was very close to her. Bobby was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Foster, Dad Courtland Foster, Mother Violet Blakeney and step-dad Melvin Blakeney. Bobby is survived by step-daughter, Debbie Townsend; brothers, Harold Foster and Roger Blakeney and his wife Myrl; 2 grandchildren Haden Hobbs and Jodi Evans; and 1 great-grandchild Cane Hobbs; several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Shane Foster, Jerome Davis, Billy Peterson, Gary Hamilton, Haden Hobbs and Tim Evans. Honorary pallbearers will be Lane Bush and Donnie Foster. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00pm until 8:00 pm at the church.