Luther "Red" Raymond Foreman, Sr., 83 of Columbus, MS passed away April 1, 2016, at Windsor Place, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Monday, April 4, 2016, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will be Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 1:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Ray officiating and Bro. Jody Gurley assisting. Interment will be in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Foreman was born September 28, 1932, to the late William Preston and Lorean Elizabeth Wright Foreman in Artesia, Lowndes County, MS and lived in the Golden Triangle area his entire life. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired in 2005 as the owner of Foreman's Body Shop.  Mr. Foreman was a member of McBee Baptist Church, Columbus, MS and enjoyed playing any stringed instrument especially the fiddle and stand-up bass.  Mr. Foreman loved his family and sitting out in the yard enjoying the view of his land.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Foreman was preceded in death by his wife – Ruth Foreman; brothers – Earl Foreman, Charles Foreman, Thomas Foreman and Danny Foreman; sister – Mary Acker.

Mr. Foreman is survived by his daughters – Deborah (Alvin) Clinton, Columbus, MS and Shelia (Joe) Stacy, Cocoa, FL; sons – Luther (Shirley) Foreman, Jr, Columbus, MS and Mark Foreman, Columbus, MS; sisters – Lorean (James) Flippen, West Point, MS, Linda Callahan, Weir, MS and Brenda Foreman, West Point, MS; brother – Arthur "Buddy" Foreman, Senatobia, MS, 8 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.  Honorary pallbearers will be Steven Huff, Shawn Foreman, Brian Stacy, Gerald Prichard, Joshua Stacy, Brian Bobitt , Staff of Windsor Nursing Home and Camilla Hospice.

Memorials may be made to Gideon International, P.O. Box 2174 Columbus, MS  39704 or Mississippi Alzheimer's Association, 855 S. Pear Orchard Rd., Ridgeland, MS  39157.