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Rita Melissa Wise

Female 1909 - 1991  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Rita Melissa Wise was born on 7 May 1909 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 13 Mar 1991 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Pitman Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina.

    Family/Spouse: Elkana "Cain" Lusk. Elkana (son of Nellis Calvin Lusk and Maggie Burleson) was born on 1 Aug 1906 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 10 Aug 1974 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Pitman Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Harry Lusk  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1932 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 18 Jun 2014 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Yellow Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina.
    3. 4. Beulah Lusk  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1936 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 7 Sep 1974 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Pitman Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rita1)

  2. 3.  Harry Lusk Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rita1) was born on 8 Jan 1932 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 18 Jun 2014 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Yellow Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Harry Lusk, age 82, of the Spear Community, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 at Roan Highlands Nursing Center. A native of Avery County, he was a son of the late Ivor and Rita Wise Lusk. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Edna Griffith Lusk who passed away in 2003 and sisters: Beulah Lusk and Muriel McKinney. He was a member of Yellow Mountain Baptist Church. Harry was a Navy Veteran who later owned and operated his own business, Lusk Electric. He loved working on old cars, bluegrass gospel music, hauling junk steel but mostly he enjoyed his grandchildren.

    Surviving is his daughter, Lori Hicks and husband, Kenny, of Heaton; sons: Mike Lusk and wife, Anne, of Jonesboro, TN, Clay Lusk and girlfriend, Ann Thompson, of Spruce Pine, David Lusk and wife, Sandy, of Spruce Pine and Mark Lusk and wife, Margaret, of Spear; brother, Ray Lusk and wife, Sandy, of Henson Creek; brother-in-law, S.J. Griffith of Morganton; grandchildren: Jeremiah Lusk (Nikki), Pamela Lusk, Christopher Lusk (Carrie), Austin Lusk, Isaiah Lusk, Jessie Stines (Chad), Luke Lusk, John Lusk, Jimmy Lusk (Tabitha), Joshua Lusk (Karen), Gabriel Lusk (Amber) and Savanna Lusk; thirteen great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. A host of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.

    Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 21st in Yellow Mountain Baptist Church. Rev. Jude Hughes and Rev. Billy McGuire will officiate. The family will receive friends from 4 until 6 p.m. prior to the funeral service at the church. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Yellow Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.


  3. 4.  Beulah Lusk Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rita1) was born on 11 Feb 1936 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 7 Sep 1974 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Pitman Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina.