Dora B. Lusk

 Funeral services for Dora B. Lusk, 85, of Maydelle are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Rusk with Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the funeral home. Mrs. Lusk died Oct. 29, 2007 in a Jacksonville nursing home. She was born May 22, 1922 in Palestine to the late William Rubin and Minnie Lou Kite Langston. She was a lifelong resident of Maydelle and a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Maydelle. She is survived by one son J.R. Lusk of Jacksonville; three daughters, Dora M. Johnson of Frankston, Bonnies Sides of Rusk, Darlene Lusk of Frankston; one brother, Curtis Langston of Porter; three sisters, Allie Croft of Palestine, Birdie Bowman of Muse, Mary Weaver of Palestine; five grandchildren, Kevin Lusk of Jacksonville, Connie Jackson of Nacogdoches, Lenard Sides of Rusk, Shannon Selman of Slocum, David Sides of Rusk; plus ten great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will include Jamie Ramsey, Scotty Ramsey, Shane Selman, Corey Donner, Daryn Selman, and Danny Mainer. Honorary pallbearers will be Lee Roy Selman, Tommy Tory Selman, and Jason Selman. Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007 at the funeral home. Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress on 10/31/2007.

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November 7, 2007

DORA B. LUSK

Funeral for Dora B. Lusk, 85, of Maydelle was at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Wallace- Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Lusk died Oct. 29. She was born May 22, 1922, in Palestine to the late William Rubin and Minnie Lou Kite Langston. She was a lifelong resident of Maydelle and a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors are one son J.R. Lusk of Jacksonville; three daughters, Dora M. Johnson and Darlene Lusk of Frankston and Bonnie Sides of Rusk; one brother, Curtis Langston of Porter; three sisters, Allie Croft and Mary Weaver of Palestine and Birdie Bowman of Muse; five grandchildren, Kevin Lusk of Jacksonville, Connie Jackson of Nacogdoches, Lenard Sides and David Sides of Rusk and Shannon Selman of Slocum; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jamie Ramsey, Scotty Ramsey, Shane Selman, Corey Donner, Daryn Selman and Danny Mainer. Honorary pallbearers were LeeRoy Selman, Tommy Tory Selman, and Jason Selman.

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