Husband - 1st - John Benjamin Lusk
2nd - Prentiss Eugene Lusk
Father - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Jr. of Liberty, MS
Grandfather - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Sr. (son of Rowland Wilkinson and Margaret Cain of GA)
Grandmother - Amelia Rivanna Toler of Amite, MS (daughter of David Tilman Toler and Gesintha Zilpha Causey of Amite, MS)
Mother - Ada Elimma Jagers of Zion Hill, MS
Grandfather - James Ephraim Jagers of Zion Hill, MS (son of Daniel Jaggers and Martha Strange of Chester, SC)
Grandmother - Margaret Rivanna Butler of Zion Hill, MS (daughter of Decatur Noonan Butler and Martha Ann Wilkinson of Liberty, MS)
Died at her Gloster, Miss. home at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22. She was 76, a native of Amite County, Miss.
Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster. Funeral services at Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by two sons, John B. Lusk of Franklin and Joel P. Lusk of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. L. F. Bickham of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Lucius Burris of Smithville, Miss.; a brother, Marion Wilkinson of Pascagoula, Miss. Five grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster.
Pallbearers are M. E. Causey, Leland Stokes, Joe Sumrow, J. L. Adams Jr. and A. G. Seale.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 24, 1962
Known as "Mama Della" to her grandchildren. Della's first husband (and father of her children) John Lusk was killed in a train accident when the children were all young. Della then married John's younger brother Prentiss, who would raise his nieces and nephews as his own.
2nd - Prentiss Eugene Lusk
Father - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Jr. of Liberty, MS
Grandfather - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Sr. (son of Rowland Wilkinson and Margaret Cain of GA)
Grandmother - Amelia Rivanna Toler of Amite, MS (daughter of David Tilman Toler and Gesintha Zilpha Causey of Amite, MS)
Mother - Ada Elimma Jagers of Zion Hill, MS
Grandfather - James Ephraim Jagers of Zion Hill, MS (son of Daniel Jaggers and Martha Strange of Chester, SC)
Grandmother - Margaret Rivanna Butler of Zion Hill, MS (daughter of Decatur Noonan Butler and Martha Ann Wilkinson of Liberty, MS)
Died at her Gloster, Miss. home at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22. She was 76, a native of Amite County, Miss.
Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster. Funeral services at Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by two sons, John B. Lusk of Franklin and Joel P. Lusk of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. L. F. Bickham of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Lucius Burris of Smithville, Miss.; a brother, Marion Wilkinson of Pascagoula, Miss. Five grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster.
Pallbearers are M. E. Causey, Leland Stokes, Joe Sumrow, J. L. Adams Jr. and A. G. Seale.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 24, 1962
Known as "Mama Della" to her grandchildren. Della's first husband (and father of her children) John Lusk was killed in a train accident when the children were all young. Della then married John's younger brother Prentiss, who would raise his nieces and nephews as his own.
Husband - 1st - John Benjamin Lusk
2nd - Prentiss Eugene Lusk
Father - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Jr. of Liberty, MS
Grandfather - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Sr. (son of Rowland Wilkinson and Margaret Cain of GA)
Grandmother - Amelia Rivanna Toler of Amite, MS (daughter of David Tilman Toler and Gesintha Zilpha Causey of Amite, MS)
Mother - Ada Elimma Jagers of Zion Hill, MS
Grandfather - James Ephraim Jagers of Zion Hill, MS (son of Daniel Jaggers and Martha Strange of Chester, SC)
Grandmother - Margaret Rivanna Butler of Zion Hill, MS (daughter of Decatur Noonan Butler and Martha Ann Wilkinson of Liberty, MS)
Died at her Gloster, Miss. home at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22. She was 76, a native of Amite County, Miss.
Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster. Funeral services at Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by two sons, John B. Lusk of Franklin and Joel P. Lusk of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. L. F. Bickham of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Lucius Burris of Smithville, Miss.; a brother, Marion Wilkinson of Pascagoula, Miss. Five grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster.
Pallbearers are M. E. Causey, Leland Stokes, Joe Sumrow, J. L. Adams Jr. and A. G. Seale.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 24, 1962
Known as "Mama Della" to her grandchildren. Della's first husband (and father of her children) John Lusk was killed in a train accident when the children were all young. Della then married John's younger brother Prentiss, who would raise his nieces and nephews as his own.
2nd - Prentiss Eugene Lusk
Father - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Jr. of Liberty, MS
Grandfather - Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Sr. (son of Rowland Wilkinson and Margaret Cain of GA)
Grandmother - Amelia Rivanna Toler of Amite, MS (daughter of David Tilman Toler and Gesintha Zilpha Causey of Amite, MS)
Mother - Ada Elimma Jagers of Zion Hill, MS
Grandfather - James Ephraim Jagers of Zion Hill, MS (son of Daniel Jaggers and Martha Strange of Chester, SC)
Grandmother - Margaret Rivanna Butler of Zion Hill, MS (daughter of Decatur Noonan Butler and Martha Ann Wilkinson of Liberty, MS)
Died at her Gloster, Miss. home at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22. She was 76, a native of Amite County, Miss.
Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster. Funeral services at Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by two sons, John B. Lusk of Franklin and Joel P. Lusk of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Mrs. L. F. Bickham of Gloster and Miss Mildred Lusk of Jackson, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Lucius Burris of Smithville, Miss.; a brother, Marion Wilkinson of Pascagoula, Miss. Five grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Galilee Baptist Church, Gloster.
Pallbearers are M. E. Causey, Leland Stokes, Joe Sumrow, J. L. Adams Jr. and A. G. Seale.
Published in The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 24, 1962
Known as "Mama Della" to her grandchildren. Della's first husband (and father of her children) John Lusk was killed in a train accident when the children were all young. Della then married John's younger brother Prentiss, who would raise his nieces and nephews as his own.
Gravesite Details
Mrs. Lusk is evidently buried in Roseland Cemetery where she has a headstone.
