Mrs. Irene Foust, of Marked Tree, Arkansas, formerly of Harrisburg, departed this life on Friday, September 11, 2015, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 89. She was born June 15, 1926 in Portia, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Luther Ford and Odell Bronzell Ford. Irene worked for many years at Slant and Slant in Marked Tree and raised her family in Harrisburg. She enjoyed shopping and sewing and loved ceramic work and making dolls. She was a member of the Harrisburg Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the father of her children, William Foster, her husband Don Foust, and one sister, Linda Martin. She is survived by two daughters, Margie Douglas (Jim) of Heber Springs and Sandra Myers (Bob) of Marked Tree, one son, Bill Foster of Nashville, TN, six grandchildren, Sherry Kent, Steven Douglas, Tina Hester, Stacy Broadaway, Rex Foster and Seth Foster, five great grandchildren, and four sisters, her twin Maxine Long, Geraldine York, Loreda Fortson and Lillian Williford. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Gregg-Weston Funeral Home Chapel in Harrisburg with Brother Glenn Hurst officiating. Interment will follow in Harrisburg Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home Monday, 10:00 a.m. till service time.