Emma Marie Trusty was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey. She graduated from Bridgeton High School and received her RN diploma from Newark City Hospital. Other studies included ...view moreEmma Marie Trusty was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey. She graduated from Bridgeton High School and received her RN diploma from Newark City Hospital. Other studies included two years of Bible school at Manna Bible Institute. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University in 1964 and a master’s degree in pastoral counseling from LaSalle University in 1995.
She and her husband, Rev. Andrew David Trusty, were missionaries in Liberia, West Africa, for seven years, where she practiced nursing and he was the mission superintendent.
This mother of four also has eleven grandchildren.
As a retiree, she enjoys writing and gardening. In 1999, she published The Underground Railroad: Ties that Bound Unveiled.view less