Harry was the son of William Henry and Ada Lenora Lassiter. His parents are also buried in Garden of Memories. Harry is buried beside his wife, Hazel Baker Lassiter Taylor.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Thursday, 20 January 1966:
Funeral services for Harry Lassiter, Elkhart, who died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Elkhart Methodist Church with the Rev. Collin Furr officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories, Elkhart.
Active pallbearers will be H. C. Wilson, Turner Jones, Glenn Singleton, Joe Bailey Parker, Calvin Brown, Grady Isbell, Dwight Parks and Dawson Morehead.
Names as honorary pallbearers are members of the official board of the Elkhart Methodist Church.
Mr. Lassiter was born in Winchester, Mississippi, and had spent most of his life in Anderson County.
Veteran of World War I, he was a former merchant, and also engaged in timber, oil and real estate. Son of the late W. H. Lassiter, He attended Millsap college in Jackson, Mississippi, and held a 50-year membership in the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Elkhart, at which he served on the official board and as chairman of the finance commission.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Baker Lassiter of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Langham and Mrs. Grover McDonald, both of Elkhart, and Mrs. Sam Leifeste of Fort Worth; four nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Merle Luker of Vidor, Mrs. DeWitt Luker of Tyler, Misses Sharon and Carole Leifeste, both of Fort Worth, Dr. W. W. Leifeste of Orange, and First Lieut. Sam Leifeste of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and seven great-nieces and nephews.
The body will be at the residence. Arrangements are by Hassell & Foster.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Thursday, 20 January 1966:
Funeral services for Harry Lassiter, Elkhart, who died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Elkhart Methodist Church with the Rev. Collin Furr officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories, Elkhart.
Active pallbearers will be H. C. Wilson, Turner Jones, Glenn Singleton, Joe Bailey Parker, Calvin Brown, Grady Isbell, Dwight Parks and Dawson Morehead.
Names as honorary pallbearers are members of the official board of the Elkhart Methodist Church.
Mr. Lassiter was born in Winchester, Mississippi, and had spent most of his life in Anderson County.
Veteran of World War I, he was a former merchant, and also engaged in timber, oil and real estate. Son of the late W. H. Lassiter, He attended Millsap college in Jackson, Mississippi, and held a 50-year membership in the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Elkhart, at which he served on the official board and as chairman of the finance commission.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Baker Lassiter of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Langham and Mrs. Grover McDonald, both of Elkhart, and Mrs. Sam Leifeste of Fort Worth; four nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Merle Luker of Vidor, Mrs. DeWitt Luker of Tyler, Misses Sharon and Carole Leifeste, both of Fort Worth, Dr. W. W. Leifeste of Orange, and First Lieut. Sam Leifeste of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and seven great-nieces and nephews.
The body will be at the residence. Arrangements are by Hassell & Foster.
Harry was the son of William Henry and Ada Lenora Lassiter. His parents are also buried in Garden of Memories. Harry is buried beside his wife, Hazel Baker Lassiter Taylor.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Thursday, 20 January 1966:
Funeral services for Harry Lassiter, Elkhart, who died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Elkhart Methodist Church with the Rev. Collin Furr officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories, Elkhart.
Active pallbearers will be H. C. Wilson, Turner Jones, Glenn Singleton, Joe Bailey Parker, Calvin Brown, Grady Isbell, Dwight Parks and Dawson Morehead.
Names as honorary pallbearers are members of the official board of the Elkhart Methodist Church.
Mr. Lassiter was born in Winchester, Mississippi, and had spent most of his life in Anderson County.
Veteran of World War I, he was a former merchant, and also engaged in timber, oil and real estate. Son of the late W. H. Lassiter, He attended Millsap college in Jackson, Mississippi, and held a 50-year membership in the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Elkhart, at which he served on the official board and as chairman of the finance commission.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Baker Lassiter of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Langham and Mrs. Grover McDonald, both of Elkhart, and Mrs. Sam Leifeste of Fort Worth; four nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Merle Luker of Vidor, Mrs. DeWitt Luker of Tyler, Misses Sharon and Carole Leifeste, both of Fort Worth, Dr. W. W. Leifeste of Orange, and First Lieut. Sam Leifeste of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and seven great-nieces and nephews.
The body will be at the residence. Arrangements are by Hassell & Foster.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Thursday, 20 January 1966:
Funeral services for Harry Lassiter, Elkhart, who died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Elkhart Methodist Church with the Rev. Collin Furr officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories, Elkhart.
Active pallbearers will be H. C. Wilson, Turner Jones, Glenn Singleton, Joe Bailey Parker, Calvin Brown, Grady Isbell, Dwight Parks and Dawson Morehead.
Names as honorary pallbearers are members of the official board of the Elkhart Methodist Church.
Mr. Lassiter was born in Winchester, Mississippi, and had spent most of his life in Anderson County.
Veteran of World War I, he was a former merchant, and also engaged in timber, oil and real estate. Son of the late W. H. Lassiter, He attended Millsap college in Jackson, Mississippi, and held a 50-year membership in the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Elkhart, at which he served on the official board and as chairman of the finance commission.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Baker Lassiter of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Langham and Mrs. Grover McDonald, both of Elkhart, and Mrs. Sam Leifeste of Fort Worth; four nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Merle Luker of Vidor, Mrs. DeWitt Luker of Tyler, Misses Sharon and Carole Leifeste, both of Fort Worth, Dr. W. W. Leifeste of Orange, and First Lieut. Sam Leifeste of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and seven great-nieces and nephews.
The body will be at the residence. Arrangements are by Hassell & Foster.
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