 LUSTY John Wayne, age 62, of 708
SE 11.
Retired maintenance man for Garrett & Co. after 29 years service. He had lived in OKC all his life. He was married to Elizabeth Williams Sept. 24, 1945 in Alabama.
He was honorably discharged from the 508th Parachute Infantry Div., serving in
the Central Europe Campaign in WWII. He was a member of Spring Baptist Church, Sasakwa.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Fixico in Dec. 1986. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of the home; 3 sons, Richard,
Leonard and Joney Joe Lusty, all of OKC;
Ethleen Harjo of Wewoka; mother, Bapsey Hawkins of
Wewoka; 2 brothers, Alfred Lusty of Sasakwa and
Tommy Hawkins of Wewoka; and 15 grandchildren.
Prayer services will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hunter Memory Chapel,
OKC. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm. Monday at
Spring Baptist Church, Sasakwa, with burial in
Hawkins Cemetery in Wewoka, with Rev. George Jess
officiating, assisted by Rev. Billy Joe Harjo, under
the direction of Hunter Funeral Home, 2427 S.
Harvey.
[The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 11 Dec 1987, Fri, Page 33] |
[courtesy of Liz Freeman]
Grave marker for John W. Lusty in
Hawkins Family Cemetery, Wewoka (Seminole county),
Oklahoma.
 John,
a native American, registered for the draft on 10 January 1944
and later served with the 508th. |
