Luke Easter (other)
Luke Easter may refer to: *Luke Easter (baseball) (1915–1979), American baseball player *Luke Easter (musician) Luke Easter is an American singer and songwriter. Before becoming a solo artist, he was the lead singer of the Christian metal band Tourniquet. History Easter had been a part of a band called Heaven's Gate, prior to the cult's formation. Easter ...

Luke Easter (baseball)
Luscious "Luke" Easter (August 4, 1915 – March 29, 1979) was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball and the Negro leagues. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, was , and weighed 240 lb. Early life Luke Easter was born in Jonestown, Mississippi to parents James and Maude Easter. His father was a graduate of the Tuskegee Institute.Christensen, Lawrence O. ''Dictionary of Missouri Biography'', University of Missouri Press, 1999. Pg. 269 His mother, Maude, died in 1922 and the family moved to St. Louis, Missouri where his father worked in a glass factory. Prior to that time, the Easters had been farmers in the Mississippi Delta. Luke Easter attended the same high school as fellow Negro league star, Quincy Trouppe, before dropping out in the ninth grade. For the next few years, Easter worked a variety of jobs such as shoeshiner, hat making, and for a dry cleaner. Although Easter was good enough to be a professional player, there was no Negro league franc ...
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