Luster Willis: Life and Legacy Early Life and Background Born: 1913 in Terry, Mississippi, United States of America. Died: 1991. Luster Willis emerged from the rural landscape of Hinds and Copiah Counties, Mississippi. His early life was deeply rooted in the African American experience of the Jim Crow South. Details regarding his formal education are scarce; however, his artistic journey demonstrates a self-taught ingenuity a…