Allison Adassa Foderingham nee: Richards
March 1, 1925 – January 10, 2025

Allison Adassa (Richards) Foderingham, 99, of Decatur, Georgia, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, January 10, 2025. She was born in James Hill, Clarendon, Jamaica, on March 1, 1925, to her late parents Alfred and Louise Richards. Allison’s life was a testament to her steadfast faith in Jesus Christ and her enduring commitment to education, service, and family. She was kept by her Savior and was blessed to live to see the dawn of her 100th year.

Allison was the beloved wife of the late Rev. Noel Foderingham (d. 2002) and the devoted mother to five children.

She was a cherished member of The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Decatur, GA since 1990, where her husband served as a priest in the early 1990’s. She was a dedicated member of church groups including the Episcopal Church Women (ECW), Daughters of the King (DOK), and a member of her dedicated Prayer Group family, who thrived on scripture, mutual respect, sisterhood, and love for over 35 years.

A proud daughter of Clarendon, Jamaica, Allison attended James Hill Primary School and was a member of the pioneering class of Clarendon College and was the sole surviving alumnus of that first class. After teacher’s college in Jamaica, Allison passionately pursued a remarkable 51-year teaching career that began in Jackson Town, Trelawny, Jamaica in 1947. During two summers she studied to earn a master’s degree in education with a certificate in Guidance & Counseling from Western Carolina University (WCU) in 1977.

In 1983, Allison emigrated from Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York where her husband was a priest at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. She continued to enrich students’ lives at The St. Mark’s Day School and St. Catherine of Genoa Catholic School, both in Brooklyn, NY. In January 1990, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where Rev. Foderingham was a priest at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross. Continuing her career, Mrs. Foderingham was appointed Director of the G.E.D./H.S. Program at The Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority (FACAA), where she retired in 1998 after eight years. She dedicated this new life chapter to her beloved husband, Noel, and to also informally teaching some of her best students--her granddaughters! She was forever learning and offering her gift of teaching in her church and community through prayer, poetry, her writings, and service.

Allison is survived by her five children: Monica Foderingham, Winsome Angella Foderingham, Ann Marie and beloved son-in-law Kenton Senior, Joan Foderingham, and Andrew Foderingham. She also raised her nephew Claude “Wardie” like her own child, from age two. She is the proud grandmother to Camille Senior, Monique Senior, Jheanelle Brown, Jacqui Brown, Jordan Brown, and Janayah Hill. She fell in love with her great-grandchildren, Dylan Grace Roth and Elijah James Roth who dearly love their GiGi.

Allison is also survived by her precious sister Reiness Kerr and brother-in-law John Kerr and her loving brother Alfred Richards. She leaves to cherish her memories a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, beloved relatives, her husband’s family in Barbados and Trinidad, and faithful friends. Special thanks are extended to her Holy Cross Family and dear friends Chris Wallace and Maya Nichole who visited Allison and brightened her final days. A Celebration of Life will be held at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 2005 S. Columbia Pl, Decatur, GA 30032 on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 11 AM and livestreamed on You Tube and Facebook. The Vigil and Vigil will be held Friday, January 31,2024 at 6:00pm Grissom-Clark Eastlake Chapel.