Verbie Benoit, of Addis, was not able to hold back tears in Hollywood on Sunday night as her grandson, LSU freshman John Foster, stepped into the national spotlight again on “American Idol.”
“It was very emotional, but it was … How would you describe it, Keeley?” she asked her 29-year-old granddaughter, Keeley Martin.
“Unbelievable,” Martin said. “Just unbelievable.”
Martin, a sixth grade math teacher and Foster’s cousin, made her first trip to California to see her younger cousin perform. She said she was one of the first people to recognize that Foster could sing…