Sara Ann Osborn Lusk, born in Hodges, AL, and a resident of Huntsville, passed away Tuesday. She is survived by nephews, Frank Osborn Fagg (Tracy), of Cullman, Charles Orwin Fagg Jr., James Robert Flagg, and Timothy Allen Fagg, all of Florida, Dr. Frank David Osborn (Stephanie) of Memphis; nieces, Sara Ann Robey (Robert) of St. Augustine, FL, Dr. Laurie Anne Moody (David) of Memphis, Jane Lee Jines (Guy) of Jackson, TN; step-children, D. L. Lusk Jr. of Madison, Louise Neyhart, of Richmond, TX, and Brenda Chandler (Bill) of Huntsville, six step-grandchildren; and ten step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Leroy Lusk; parents, Frank Jasper and Florence Loveless Osborn; sister, Virginia Marguerite Osborn Fagg (Charles); and brothers, Joseph Melbourn Osborn (Anna) of Jackson TN and Dr. Frank Jackson Osborn (Elizabeth) of Memphis.
Mrs. Lusk was a member of Randolph Church of Christ, teaching children’s Bible classes, and compiled the inscription from church history for the Historical Marker.
She graduated from Water Valley, MS High School as Valedictorian. She received a BA degree from the University of MS and a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of TN, where she was a member of Phi Alpha Honorary Fraternity. She was Field Supervisor III in the TN Child Welfare Division in Memphis and a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She was the first Director of AGAPE in North AL and a licensed Certified Social Worker. She retired from AL Crippled Children’s Services as a Medical Social Worker.
Mrs. Lusk was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The American Colonists, Colonial Dames XVII Century, Madison County Historical Society, and TN Valley Genealogical Society. DAR and UDC honored her with the Judah P. Benjamin Historic Preservation Certificate Award for conservation efforts restoring Old Ireland Cemetery in Marion County, AL.
After retirement, she researched the Lusk family and other family lines. Her two-part article on the Lusks was published in The Genealogist. “Early Settlers in East TN” appeared in Watauga Association of Genealogists.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 3rd, at Laughlin Service Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Osborn and Loveless family plot at the Cedar Tree Cemetery in Hackleburg, AL. Her gravestone is beautifully etched with the insignias of DAR, UDC and Colonial Dames.
