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I am sure Billy never felt his life was wasted at Moundsville, having

left behind such beautiful artwork to be remembered forever. God gave

him a wonderful talent which he used to the fullest.  May he rest in

peace. Who knows when we see a beautiful sunset, or a red bird in snow,

or the beautiful leaves falling in the Autumn, God may have let Billy

paint them for us to enjoy.

Marie Settle (February 3, 2006)

Hello. My Name is Gary Johnston from Robson, WV.  I love your page and

you did a great job with it.  Keep the good work up man.

(February 9, 2006)

The artwork of Billy Foster is truly fine work of pen, pencil, and

paint.  I know this because I myself have watched Billy at work many

times in the past. He has done pictures of both my girls 25 years ago

and they still look great. Sorry to hear of Billy's passing, he was a

great person as well as a great friend. He will be missed.

Ray Tincher (February 12, 2006)

Dear Benny,
So sorry to hear about the death of Billy Fostor who did a great work of art. We bought a picture from you when we visited the Moundsville Penitenitary Back in 2005, I believe it was around June, 2005. We bought the pen or pencil drawing of the outhouse with the sears catalog laying inside it.
I sent this to many of our friends because they all raved about the art work that Billy had done and how great the picture of the outhouse was. We had the picture framed and everyone who comes in comments on it, where did you get that picture?????
I am a cancer patient now and hope that thru my sending this to all our relatives and friends they will get on the site and buy some art work. Billy did do magnificent work on all the pictures we seen that day you were sitting up in the Old Prison at Moundsville. Glad we visited that day and bought that picture. I will be keeping in touch because we love our picture of the ole outhouse we bought from you. Now I am deciding whether or not I want the canvass of many of the pictures we seen on the sight. Take Care and God Bless, sorry about the loss of your friend and artist Billy Fostor, I feel he did a great work spending time in there and putting his talents to work and something good came from it all. Thanks, I am just glad that we did stop and buy the picture from you all that day.
Regards
Charles & Zora Forester

(March 18, 2006)

Benny, the website is very nice. I enjoyed the visit. Hope you got the

picture I sent of the artist's picture that my sister has. The man had

a unique talent.

R. Greene (March 24, 2006)


Billy did some beautiful paintings and you have done a great job of 
displaying his work. 
Girls of the Blaydes Clinic (March 29, 2006)


Benny, Love the prints and the web page. It's great! You can tell you love 
what you do in the making of the web site. Will pass on the site for 
others to enjoy! 
Idris (April 12, 2006)

My in-laws were fortunate enough to have known Mr. Foster personally. 
I have two Foster originals: (1) a pen and ink of a wolf that they had 
commissioned for me at my request in 1995, and
(2) a white-tailed deer which is painted on a West Virginia-shaped 
piece of wood.
I am constantly amazed at the man's talent. I enjoyed your site very 
much.

(unsigned guestbook entry) (May 14, 2006)


BENNY, I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE WEBSITE. BILLY WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND A 
TALENTED ONE. HE IS VERY MISSED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE. THANKS FOR HONORING 
BILLY'S ARTWORK. YOU WAS A TRUE FRIEND TO BILLY AND I APPREICATE IT.
JACKLYN PAYNE (May 20, 2006)

I JUST SAW THE WEBSITE IT IS A GOOD JOB I MYSELF I BOUGHT PICTURES 
OF BILLY FOR MY DAD. I MET BILLY WHEN HE CAME OUT OF PRISON AND LIVED 
BEHIND ME & JACKIE HE WAS A GOOD HEARTED PERSON 
NANCY JOHNSTON (May 20, 2006)

Hi, I am truely sorry to hear that Billy has passed away. I have 
serveral painting of his also, other things that he paited . I knew that one 
day his work would be recognized and appreicated . He was so talented. 
It is to bad he doesn't know that so many people loved his art. 
The pictures that I have are different than the ones you have on your 
site. What are you doing with the ones you have? Thank you for caring 
about his work . I would like to know what the oil on canvus is worth? I 
don't want to sell them they mean a lot to me . 
Alice Ellison laurelwoodestate@citynet.net (June 2, 2006)

Ben, Nice web site! Love the artwork.

Want to learn more about Billy Foster.
Jill (June 23, 2006)

Hi Benny! Thanks for sending me the link to your site. I had never 
heard of Billy Foster until now and wow, what a talented man he was. His 
pencil drawings have so much detail. I really like those. You've done 
a wonderful job and I'll be sure and send your site link out to all my 
family and friends. Thanks again! Kristy Bowen (July 12, 2006)