Nancy Elizabeth Davis Foster
Nancy Elizabeth Davis Foster died of cancer on May 11, 2025, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nancy, daughter of the late P.C. (Charlie) and Daisy Davis, was born on Oct. 1, 1948, in Wilmington, De. Her father moved the family in 1953 to Chattanooga, where Nancy lived for the rest of her life. She was graduated from City High School in Chattanooga in 1966 and from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1971. Thereafter, she taught second grade at White Oak Elementary School. She married attorney William M. Foster on Aug. 9, 1975. She moved with Bill to Signal Mountain in 1978 after the birth of their first child and worked as a homemaker and mother for the next few decades. Since 2005, she has served as office manager of Bill’s law firm. She was a longtime member of Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. Nancy loved spending time with her family, and she had many hobbies, including traveling, cooking, and gardening.
She is survived by Bill, her husband of just shy of 50 years, and her children and grandchildren, David (Deborah), Abigail, Madeline, Jacob, and Sophie Foster of Chevy Chase, Maryland, John (Megan) Foster of Washington, D.C., and Rev. Catherine Foster of Atlanta, Georgia. Other survivors include her brother Dr. Charlie (Barbara) Davis of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, her sister-in-law Lou Davis of Chattanooga, her niece Jennifer (Trey) Davis and her nephews Jonathan (Jennifer) Davis, Mark Davis, Brent Davis, and Dr. Bradley Davis. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her brother Dr. John Davis.
Nancy was laid to rest at a private family ceremony at the Good Shepherd Mausoleum at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
There will be a celebration of Nancy’s life at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 22 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nancy’s memory to the Northside Neighborhood House.
Arrangements are under the care of the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.