Missouri Ann Harris

The Missouri Telegraph, Thursday, February 6, 1936, pg 6. col. f

MOTHER OF JOHN S. LUSK DIED MONDAY Mrs. M. A. Harris, For Most Of Her Life Was a Resident of Doniphan

Mrs. M. A. Harris, 83 years old, a native of Kentucky and for many years a resident of southeast Missouri, who for the last two years had made her home with her son, John S. Lusk, west of Fulton, died at 1:15 o’clock Monday morning of double pneumonia. She had been in failing health for several years.

The body lay in state at the Wallace Funeral Home in Fulton until 4:30 Monday afternoon when it was taken to Doniphan, Mo., where funeral services were conducted at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist Church and burial was at Doniphan.

Mrs. Harris was born March 10, 1852 in Todd county, KY., the daughter of Paul and Polly Hull Gray {sic-her parents were William P. Gray and Mary (Layne) Gray. Hull was the maiden name of her husband’s, John S. Lusk’s mother}. She moved to Illinois with her parents while yet a small child and resided in Fairfield, Ia., {sic—should be Fairfield, IL}, until 1896, when she, with her family, moved to southeast Missouri.

Mrs. Harris was twice married--first on November 30, 1870 to John S. Lusk, who passed away on June 30, 1912. To this union was born nine children, one dying in infancy, Fred died in 1908 {sic-he died 14 Sep 1907} and Etta in 1912. Those surviving are: A.J. Lusk, Hannibal; George Lusk, Heber, Calif.; Matt Lusk, Taylor, Mo. {sic-should be Naylor, MO}; Mrs. Amos Lambert, Weseley, Calif.; John S. Lusk, Fulton, and Mrs. George Rawlins of Doniphan, MO.

In January 1923, Mrs. Lusk was married to Joseph M. Harris of Doniphan, and he passed away in August 1927. Mrs. Harris was one of a family of 11 children. She also is survived by two brothers, Nathaniel S. Gray of Fairfield, Ill., who is 91 years old, and Jonathan Gray, St. Louis. In addition, there are 34 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren to mourn her passing.

Mrs. Harris became a Christian in early life and was a devoted student of the Bible until the end. She was a woman who made and retained many friends, and these join in extending sincere sympathy to member of the family in their bereavement.

• ************************************************ Note: Missouri death certificate indicates she was born in Monroe County, Kentucky, but Kentucky birth records agree with the obit that she was born in Todd County, KY. Her birth records and census records indicate her parents were Wm. P. Powell and Mary (Layne) Powell.

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