{"id":11792,"date":"2021-10-24T20:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2021-10-24T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:22:25","slug":"john-foster-landfill-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11792","title":{"rendered":"John Foster, Landfill Operator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Foster, Landfill Operator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pittsylvania County leaders are mourning the loss of a \u201crising star\u201d within the governmental organization who died of COVID-19 complications on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Foster, was promoted twice in the two-and-a-half years he worked for the county. The Collinsville resident had started his journey as a heavy equipment mechanic at the Pittsylvania County landfill in February 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a year ago in October 2020, he look over as solid waste fleet foreman, said Chris Adcock, director of public works in Pittsylvania County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 40-year-old was the one responsible for scheduling roll-off drivers on a daily route to collect dumpsters filled with trash throughout the Pittsylvania\u2019s 21 collection sites. He also made sure the truck fleet was operating in tip-top shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many times that meant he had to come to the landfill before dawn. After he prepared the schedule, sometimes he\u2019d have to pitch in and drive routes when needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn was a rising star in our organization and was identified by the executive team as a high potential employee,\u201d Pittsylvania County Administrator David Smitherman said in a statement. \u201cIn his short time with the county, he was known as kind, courteous, hardworking, conscientious and grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, Foster was again promoted to be the interim landfill supervisor in addition to his new duties as fleet foreman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn accepted each new assignment without complaint and dove into the duties with a desire to learn everything he could and to do the best job for the county that he could,\u201d Adcock said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also studying to obtain the license needed to become the permanent landfill operator and he was ready to take the exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsylvania County leaders are mourning the loss of a \u201crising star\u201d within the governmental organization who died of COVID-19 complications on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6698,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/John-Foster.jpg?fit=1410%2C1470&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10385,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10385","url_meta":{"origin":11792,"position":0},"title":"David John Reed, murder convict","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"David John Reed \u2011 a death-row inmate who was convicted in Riverside County of first-degree murder \u2011 died from apparent coronavirus complications on July 7, 2020. 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