LUSK, Nancy Mahala (Duckworth)

LOCAL and PERSONAL.

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Mrs. Thomas Lusk, age 38 years, died Monday morning about 3 o’clock at her home six miles east of Franklin, after a lingering illness with lung trouble. The husband and one son, age eight years, survive her. Deceased was a daughter of John Duckworth and greatly beloved by her relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at Second Mt. Pleasant church, conducted by Rev. P. O. Duncan.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 2, 1898,
Volume XXXIX Number 8, page 5 column 6

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OBITUARY.

Nancy Mahala, daughter of Jno. and Minerva Duckworth, was born in John­son county, Ind., June 18, 1860, and died at her home in Shelby county, Ind., August 22, 1898, age 38 years, 2 months and 4 days.

She was united in marriage to Thomas Lusk, Oct. 31, 1888, and to them was born one son, Dallas. She united with the Second Mt. Pleasant church and was baptized by Rev. P. O. Duncan during the winter of 1889, and ever after lived a consistent Christian life. She was of a quiet, unassuming disposition, kind and thoughtful for those about her, and was loved and honored most by those who knew her best. She always enjoyed Christian ser­vices, and when nearing death, reques­ted that her pastor be sent for that she might hear him pray again. The words of comfort and the promises he re­peated were a joy and comfort to her. Her home bore many marks of care and helpfulness for those who were most dear to her, and none will miss her more than those who knew her as wife and mother. Her sufferings were in­tense, but were borne with marked patience and cheerfulness, and without murmuring. Conscious of the fact that she was a victim of that dread disease from which none recover, she talked to her friends of things she would like done when she was gone, and left as a memento to her dear ones that she was ready and willing to obey the summons, saying, “all is bright before me.” A mother’s blessing and admonition to be “a good boy,” was left with the little son, who will sadly miss a mother’s love and care.

Many relatives, beside the husband and son, are left to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope for in the great beyond, where sickness, pain and death are unknown, we hope to be gathered with our loved ones and spend the vast eternity in loving and praising Him who has given us the assurance that “Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord.”

Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. P. O. Duncan, at Se­cond Mt. Pleasant, and were attended by a large number of relatives and friends, after which her wasted form was borne out by six lady friends and laid to rest in our silent city of the dead.

Link to Nancy Mahala (Duckworth) Lusk’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry