Spouse: Della Annice Wilkinson Lusk (Della had been married to Prentiss's older brother John. John was killed at a young age in a train accident and Prentiss married Della and helped to raise his nieces and nephews. Prentiss did not have any of his own children.)
Father - John Wilson Lusk of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Amos Lusk (son of Samuel Lusk and Elizabeth Whiteside of Amite, MS, originally of NC)
Grandmother - Clarissa Wilson (from Tennessee--parents unknown)
Mother - Sarah Elizabeth Ratcliff of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Benjamin C. Ratcliff (son of Peter Ratcliff and Naomi Bateman of Amite, MS)
Grandmother - Mary Anna Taylor (daughter of Thomas Taylor and Hannah Talbert of Amite, MS)
Obituary printed in Baton Rouge - Prentiss Lusk of Gloster, Miss., the father of Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge, died yesterday afternoon in Gloster.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Gloster.
Lusk, who was a retired merchant, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Della Wilkinson Lusk; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Bickerman [sic Bickham] of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; and two sons, John Lusk of Texarkana, Ark. and Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), October 18, 1949
Father - John Wilson Lusk of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Amos Lusk (son of Samuel Lusk and Elizabeth Whiteside of Amite, MS, originally of NC)
Grandmother - Clarissa Wilson (from Tennessee--parents unknown)
Mother - Sarah Elizabeth Ratcliff of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Benjamin C. Ratcliff (son of Peter Ratcliff and Naomi Bateman of Amite, MS)
Grandmother - Mary Anna Taylor (daughter of Thomas Taylor and Hannah Talbert of Amite, MS)
Obituary printed in Baton Rouge - Prentiss Lusk of Gloster, Miss., the father of Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge, died yesterday afternoon in Gloster.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Gloster.
Lusk, who was a retired merchant, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Della Wilkinson Lusk; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Bickerman [sic Bickham] of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; and two sons, John Lusk of Texarkana, Ark. and Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), October 18, 1949
Spouse: Della Annice Wilkinson Lusk (Della had been married to Prentiss's older brother John. John was killed at a young age in a train accident and Prentiss married Della and helped to raise his nieces and nephews. Prentiss did not have any of his own children.)
Father - John Wilson Lusk of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Amos Lusk (son of Samuel Lusk and Elizabeth Whiteside of Amite, MS, originally of NC)
Grandmother - Clarissa Wilson (from Tennessee--parents unknown)
Mother - Sarah Elizabeth Ratcliff of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Benjamin C. Ratcliff (son of Peter Ratcliff and Naomi Bateman of Amite, MS)
Grandmother - Mary Anna Taylor (daughter of Thomas Taylor and Hannah Talbert of Amite, MS)
Obituary printed in Baton Rouge - Prentiss Lusk of Gloster, Miss., the father of Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge, died yesterday afternoon in Gloster.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Gloster.
Lusk, who was a retired merchant, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Della Wilkinson Lusk; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Bickerman [sic Bickham] of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; and two sons, John Lusk of Texarkana, Ark. and Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), October 18, 1949
Father - John Wilson Lusk of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Amos Lusk (son of Samuel Lusk and Elizabeth Whiteside of Amite, MS, originally of NC)
Grandmother - Clarissa Wilson (from Tennessee--parents unknown)
Mother - Sarah Elizabeth Ratcliff of Amite, MS
Grandfather - Benjamin C. Ratcliff (son of Peter Ratcliff and Naomi Bateman of Amite, MS)
Grandmother - Mary Anna Taylor (daughter of Thomas Taylor and Hannah Talbert of Amite, MS)
Obituary printed in Baton Rouge - Prentiss Lusk of Gloster, Miss., the father of Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge, died yesterday afternoon in Gloster.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Gloster.
Lusk, who was a retired merchant, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Della Wilkinson Lusk; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Bickerman [sic Bickham] of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; and two sons, John Lusk of Texarkana, Ark. and Joe Lusk of Baton Rouge.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), October 18, 1949
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The children survivors named in Mr. Lusk's obituary were his stepchildren. Their father was his late older brother, John B. Lusk.
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