Rosena Lusk, 94

An employee of Dr. Wallace Bigbee and Dr. T.L. Pedigo and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Icie Bonner Starkey. She was married May 24, 1937 to Frank Duncan Lusk, who preceded her in death March 25, 1993. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Donald and Howard Franklin Lusk; two granddaughters, Deandrea Lusk and Sherry Mosley; five sisters, Mollie Mitchell, Sadie Solomon, Ruby Hawkins, Jennie Gribble and Stella Starkey and four brothers, Jack, Sterling, Grady and Howard Starkey.

She is survived by three daughters, Vera Thomas of Marysville, Calif., Johnnie Dillard of McMinnville and Juanita Taylor of Rock Island; five sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Georgia Lusk, James and Henrietta Lusk, and Harold and Louise Lusk, all of McMinnville, Jerry Lusk and Curtis and Rhonda Lusk, both of Murfreesboro, and Margaret Lusk of McMinnville; 32 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; brother, Thurman Starkey of Chicago, Ill., and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in High’s Chapel with George King and Phillip Smith Jr., officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation with the family will be at the wake from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday in High’s Chapel. The body will lie in state for public viewing after noon today in High’s Parlor.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.