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==Background==
==Background==
Foshee is descended from an old-line Natchitoches family, which first came to the Cane River area in 1690 from [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Paul Foshee, Sr., [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], September 24, 2009.</ref> His parents, who married in 1928, were George Washington Foshee (1893–1973), a veteran of [[World War I]] and a [[sawmill]] operator in Natchitoches, and the former Mamie Lee Smith (1906–1991). Foshee was reared in the [[Southern Baptist]] Church. In 1950, he graduated from Natchitoches High School (renamed Natchitoches Central High School after [[Segregation|desegregation]]), and in 1961, he completed studies for a bachelor's degree in social science at [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
Foshee was descended from an old-line Natchitoches family, which first came to the Cane River area in 1690 from [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Paul Foshee, Sr., [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], September 24, 2009.</ref> His parents, who married in 1928, were George Washington Foshee (1893–1973), a veteran of [[World War I]] and a [[sawmill]] operator in Natchitoches, and the former Mamie Lee Smith (1906–1991). Foshee was reared in the [[Southern Baptist]] Church. In 1950, he graduated from Natchitoches High School (renamed Natchitoches Central High School after [[Segregation|desegregation]]), and in 1961, he completed studies for a bachelor's degree in social science at [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
Foshee was married and [[divorce]]d six times. From his first marriage to the former Charlene Addington, the daughter of Charles Garland Addington and the former Wanda Vera Smiddy (1916–1975), he had four children. Paul Foshee, Jr. (born 1951), operates Foshee Dusting Company in Natchitoches, the business that Foshee founded in 1952. Foshee, Sr., retired from flying in 1998.<ref>National Agricultural Aviation Association listing, agaviationlorg, September 23, 2009, inforrmation no longer available on-line.</ref>
Foshee was married and [[divorce]]d six times. From his first marriage to the former Charlene Addington, the daughter of Charles Garland Addington and the former Wanda Vera Smiddy (1916–1975), he had four children. Paul Foshee, Jr. (born 1951), operates Foshee Dusting Company in Natchitoches, the business that Foshee founded in 1952. Foshee, Sr., retired from flying in 1998.<ref>National Agricultural Aviation Association listing, agaviationlorg, September 23, 2009, inforrmation no longer available on-line.</ref>