Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Thursday, May 16, 1974

LUSK, M. H. SR.

Died at 6 a.m. Wednesday at his residence in Ponchatoula. He was 74, a native of Mississippi and a retired painter. Body at Thomas Funeral Home, Ponchatoula. Religious services at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Stanley Day. Burial in Ponchatoula Cemetery.

Survived by his wife, Mrs. Fay Triche Lusk, Ponchatoula; a daughter, Mrs. Elias Luckett, New Orleans; a son, Melvin H. Lusk Jr., Ponchatoula; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.