Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lucasti, Louis J., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LOUIS JAMES LUCASTI BOYKINS - A funeral mass for Louis James Lucasti was celebrated Friday at 1 p.m. in St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Franklin. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. The Rosary was recited Thursday night at 8 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Frank Fillippello, Joseph Guiffre, Charles Guiffre, John DelCollo, Bob Fillippello, Joe Permaza, Joe Weiss, Pete Supranowicz, Pete Gordon, Jacob Serben and Phillip Donskey. Lucasti, 46, died early Wednesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, after a short illness. A native of Philadelphia, he was the husband of Mrs. Helen Pizzina Lucasti and a son of the late Joseph and Mrs. Angelina Niamoli Lucasti. He was plant manager for Boykins Narrow Fabrics Co. and an Air force veteran of World War II. He was a member of Boykins Lions Club, American Legion Post 276, and Boykins Zoning Commission Board and a director of Boykins Professional Developers, Ltd., and Family Loan Co. Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Miss Julia Marie Lucasti and a son, Joseph Lucasti, both of Boykins; four sisters, Mrs. Jean Martino, Mrs. Connie Filleppello, Mrs. Carman Naale, and Mrs. Peter Guiffre, and two brothers, Philip Lacasti and Charles Lacasti, all of Philadelphia. [Louis James LUCASTI, plant manager for Boykins Narrow Fabrics Co., Philadelphia, PA native, d. 5 Aug 1970, Franklin, age 46, interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 13, 1970] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l223l1ob.txt