Mrs. Linda Lusk Hastings

Linda Lusk Hastings, 82, wife of the late Malcolm Hastings, of Walhalla, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born on July 27, 1943 to Margaret Lusk and John Niles Lusk, Jr., young Linda spent a lot of time with her grandmother, Elsie Driscoll, and developed a love of reading - sometimes four books a week! A childhood accident could have been catastrophic if not for the amazing Mt. Sinai surgeons of the time. The surgeries were in medical review pages. Her general studies lead her to graduate from Richmond High School. Foregoing college to experience life, young Linda spent her twenties in retail positions at Bohack, Bloomingdale’s, and Sak’s Fifth Ave - the highlight being meeting Johnny Carson and selling him a wallet. Linda struggled with mental health. She left the workforce with the birth of her son and moved home to raise him on her own, pretty forward for the day. There was a marriage, a short but explosive one, that produced a daughter that went with the other party, lost forever except for a few sightings. She made a promise to never let anyone she loved slip through her fingers again. Linda then met the love of her life, Malcolm Hastings, and they were the wildest couple. They met in a mental institution and skipped across the grassy hills of Greedmoor. She and Malcolm added a son and another son after moving to South Carolina. She collected people, loved them hard, hugged them often, and fed them well. She’d also give them a proper talking to if needed. Linda is survived by her children: Michael Lusk (Sharon), Jean Denise Reichardt, Charles Hastings, Patrick Hastings, Judith Sharkey (Jennifer), and Elizabeth Sharkey; grandchildren: Andrew Lusk (Emily), Dylan Lusk (Amy), Amanda Lusk, Daniel Hastings, Nyreece Sharkey, Jacob Sharkey, Skye McJunkin (Sam) and Arianna Williams (Brodi Ivester); and great-grandchildren: Dameon Lusk, Arkyn Goodine, Alex Lusk, and Nathaniel C. Moore. Two very different Linda’s: the New York Linda who once set a couch on fire with someone on it, to the South Carolina Linda - mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. All loved the same whether by blood or collected by love. Protected by unity of our task completed, we send Mrs. Hastings back home to Malcolm. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at Davenport Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, prior to the service, at Davenport Funeral Home. Flowers are accepted. The family is at their respective homes.

Mrs. Linda Lusk Hastings

July 27, 1943 - June 16, 2026