Joshua L. Trask

Published 12:00 am Saturday, November 3, 2012

Jan. 30, 1976 – Oct. 26, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Joshua L. Trask, 36, of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Natchez, who died Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, in Miller County, Ark., will be at 1 p.m. today at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church.

Burial will follow at Jerusalem Baptist Church No. 2 Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Mr. Trask was born Jan. 30, 1976, in Natchez, the son of Isola “Sister” Trask and Oliver McMorris. He was a former Natchez High School Bulldog football player.

He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, Oliver and Bessie McMorris and Robert “Mumpsy” Trask; two aunts, Bessie McMorris and Barbara McMorris; and two cousins, Daniel Holt and Erica Holt.

Survivors include two children, Jamethia Trask of Memphis and Joshua Trask Jr. of Natchez; his mother of Natchez; grandmother, Susie Dawson Washington of Natchez; one sister, Felishia Reese and husband, Carl, of Jackson; two brothers, Riley Trask and Oliver “Pee Wee” McMorris and wife, Pamela, all of Natchez; special great-great-aunt, Ollie Brady; special cousin, Shirley Riley Washington; very special friend, Felisha Johnson and her daughters, Janecia Johnson and Joycelyn Johnson, all of Memphis; and a number of other relatives and friends.