Jimmie L. Lusk
July 28, 1905-May 14, 1990
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 15, 1990, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Jimmie L. Lusk, 84, formerly of 1212 N. 9th St., Niles, died at 10:20 a.m. Monday, May 14 at Dowagiac Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Arrangemetns are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by the Halbritter Funeral Home.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 16, 1990, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library
Services for a former Niles resident, Jimmie L. Lusk, 84, of 610 Uneta St., Dowagiac will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Niles, the Rev. W.L. Daniel, pastor, officiating.
Lusk died at 10:20 a.m. Monday at the Dowagiac Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Lusk was born July 28, 1905, in Selmer, Tenn., and had lived in Dowagiac and formerly 1212 N. 9th St., Niles, since 1937, coming from Tennessee. He was a 42-year member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, a member of the John W. Moore Masonic Lodge No. 42, F&AM, in Niles, and a charter member of the Niles NAACP. He was a retired employee of the City of Niles.
On July 12, 1963, in Dowagiac, he married Kathryn L. (Dawson) Lusk, who survives him.
Also surviving is a brother, Linnie M. Lusk of Selmer, Tenn. Burial will take place at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles. A wake will be held Wednesday from 7 to 8 pm. at the Halbritter Funeral Home. Masonic rites will be held Wednesday at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m., John W. Moore Lodge No. 42, F&AM officiating.