LASSITER FAMILY LINE
Joseph O. Lassiter - 1862, Arkansas, Gladys Carpenter
Fred Lassiter - 1888, Arkansas, Temple Ingram
(sons William and Nathan married into the Guffey/Goodman family)
William Lassiter married Genevieve Guffey.
Nathan Lassiter married Immaneal Goodman.
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Joseph O. Lassiter - 1862, Arkansas, Gladys Carpenter
Fred Lassiter - 1888, Arkansas, Temple Ingram
(sons William and Nathan married into the Guffey/Goodman family)
William Lassiter married Genevieve Guffey.
Nathan Lassiter married Immaneal Goodman.
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Descendants of Joseph O. Lassiter
Generation No. 1
JOSEPH O. LASSITER was born 1862 in Arkansas, and died 1896 in Arkansas. He married GLADYS ELLEN CARPENTER. She was born 1867 in Minnesota.
Children of JOSEPH LASSITER and GLADYS CARPENTER are:
i. OSCAR LASSITER, b. 1886; d. 1952.
ii. FRED LASSITER, b. March 25, 1888, Diaz, Jackson County, Arkansas; d. February 09, 1977, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Generation No. 2
FRED LASSITER (JOSEPH O.) was born March 25, 1888 in Diaz, Jackson County, Arkansas, and died February 09, 1977 in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas. He married TEMPIE ANN INGRAM in 1911. She was born 1893, and died October 30, 1939 in Tuckerman, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Children of FRED LASSITER and TEMPLE INGRAM are:
i. WILLIAM L. LASSITER, b. February 13, 1924, Tuckerman, Arkansas; d. May 16, 2002.
ii. LEVON LASSITER.
iii. IMOGENE LASSITER, m. GOAD.
iv. GEORGE LASSITER, b. 1913; d. 1927.
v. ROY LASSITER, b. 1915; d. 1927.
vi. NATHAN EDGAR LASSITER, b. January 13, 1927, Tuckerman, Arkansas; d. July 03, 1995, Marion, Indiana.
Generation No. 3
WILLIAM L. LASSITER (FRED, JOSEPH O.) was born February 13, 1924 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and died May 16, 2002. He married GENEVIEVE GUFFEY August 17, 1946 in Jackson County, Arkansas, daughter of WILLIAM GUFFEY and CHESTER TURNER. She was born October 03, 1930.
Obituary for WILLIAM L. LASSITER
Mr. William L. Lassiter, 78 of Diaz, died Thursday, May 16, 2002
in Little Rock. Mr. Lassiter was born Feb. 13, 1924 in Tuckerman, the
son of Fred and Tempie Ann (Ingram) Lassiter. He married Miss Genevieve
Guffey on Aug. 17, 1946.
He was a machinist for Revere Copper and Brass and National
Aluminum. He retired in 1987 after 32 years of service. Mr. Lassiter had
also worked as a school bus mechanic and bus driver for the Tuckerman
Public Schools from 1950-1957.
He was a member of the Diaz Baptist Church, where he drove the
church van, encouraging children for many years. Mr. Lassiter also
faithfully served the church as an usher for many years. He loved
gardening and fixing things around other things around the home. His
greatest love was his children and grandchildren. Mr. Lassiter even
retired early to take care of his granddaughter, Amanda.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, George Lassiter, Roy
Lassiter, Nathan Lassiter, and Lavon Lassiter; one sister, Imogene Goad;
and twin great-grandsons, Jake and Lane Wesson.
Mr. Lassiter is survived by his wife of 55 years, Genevieve
(Guffey) Lassiter of Diaz; two sons, Bobby Lassiter and wife Suzanne of
Diaz and Galen Lassiter and wife Paula of Claremore, Okla.; two
daughters, Sharon Wesson and husband, Phil of Mountain View and Cheryl
Gordon and husband Greg of Diaz; two brothers, O.E. Lassiter of Newport
and C.G. Lassiter of Diaz; two sisters, Ella Mae Beach of Diaz and
Carrie Ann Grigsby of Diaz; seven grandchildren, Jeremy Wesson, Julie
Hopper, Brent Lassiter, Lori Lassiter Jones, William Bryan Lassiter,
Amanda Gordon, and Rob Gordon; three great-grandchildren, Garret
Lassiter, Jessica Wesson, and Will Wesson.
Funeral service was 10 a.m. Monday at the Diaz Baptist Church with
Rev. Jim Tirey and Rev. William Jaques, Jr. officiating. Interment was
in Gracelawn Cemetery in Tuckerman.
Pallbearers were Jeremy Wesson, Brent Lassiter, Ivan Mingues, Sam
Gordon, Doug Cockrill, and Jimmy Don Balch. Honorary pallbearers were
Williams Bryan Lassiter, Rob Gordon, and members of the Men's Sunday
School Class: G. L. Balch, Charles Stephens, Oscar Lassiter, Jack
Phipps, Dan Haygood, Ben Jones, Leo Stuart, Penn Cockrill, and Royce
Grigsby. Memorials may be made to the Diaz Baptist Church, P.O. Box 13,
Diaz. Arrangements by Jackson's Newport Funeral Home.
Children of WILLIAM LASSITER and GENEVIEVE GUFFEY are:
i. BOBBIE LEWIS LASSITER, m. SUZANNE BOGGS.
ii. GALEN LASSITER
iii. SHARON LASSITER
iv. CHERYL LASSITER, m. GREGORY GORDON.
NATHAN EDGAR LASSITER (FRED, JOSEPH O.) was born January 13, 1927 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and died July 03, 1995 in Marion, Indiana. He married MARGARET IMANEAL GOODMAN February 08, 1947 in Jackson County, Arkansas, daughter of JONATHAN GOODMAN and POLLY DEVORE. She was born April 23, 1931 in Jackson County, Arkansas, and died November 14, 1998 in Swayzee, Indiana.
Children of NATHAN LASSITER and MARGARET GOODMAN are:
i. PATRICIA CAROL LASSITER, m. JAMES YOUNG.
ii. BARBARA ANN LASSITER, b. January 26, 1950; d. March 18, 1952.
iii. DEBORAH SUE LASSITER
iv. EDGAR ALLEN LASSITER
v. TERRY LYNN LASSITER
vi. RODNEY NEAL LASSITER
Generation No. 4
GALEN LASSITER (WILLIAM L., FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married PAULA GRIZZLE.
Child of GALEN LASSITER and PAULA GRIZZLE is:
i. JULIE MEREDIT LASSITER
SHARON LASSITER (WILLIAM L., FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married PHILLIP WESSON.
Child of SHARON LASSITER and PHILLIP WESSON is:
i. JERMY PHILLIP WESSON
DEBORAH SUE LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married (1) FRED THATCHER. She married (2) ROBERT BENNETT.
Children of DEBORAH LASSITER and FRED THATCHER are:
i. CHRISTOPHER THATCHER.
ii. NATALIE ANN THATCHER.
EDGAR ALLEN LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married ZOEANN.
Children of EDGAR LASSITER and ZOEANN are:
i. CHRISTINA LASSITER, m. A. J. SIMMONS.
ii. GREG LASSITER.
iii. ELIZABETH MARGARET LASSITER.
TERRY LYNN LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married (1) SHELLY. He married (2) STACIE.
Children of TERRY LASSITER and SHELLY are:
i. LINDSAY LASSITER, m. CHRIS CURLESS.
ii. TIFFANY LASSITER.
RODNEY NEAL LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married (1) TRACY. He married (2) KIM.
Children of RODNEY LASSITER and TRACY are:
i. MAGAN LASSITER.
ii. KYLE LASSITER.
Generation No. 5
MAGAN LASSITER (RODNEY NEAL, NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married ADAM WILLIAMS.
Children of MAGAN LASSITER and ADAM WILLIAMS are:
i. NATHAN HOWARD WILLIAMS.
ii. LANDON BLAKE WILLIAMS.
KYLE LASSITER (RODNEY NEAL, NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married TABITHA.
Children of KYLE LASSITER and TABITHA are:
i. MAKALA MARIE LASSITER.
ii. TYLER SCOTT LASSITER.
iii. PEYTON MICHAEL LASSITER.
Generation No. 1
JOSEPH O. LASSITER was born 1862 in Arkansas, and died 1896 in Arkansas. He married GLADYS ELLEN CARPENTER. She was born 1867 in Minnesota.
Children of JOSEPH LASSITER and GLADYS CARPENTER are:
i. OSCAR LASSITER, b. 1886; d. 1952.
ii. FRED LASSITER, b. March 25, 1888, Diaz, Jackson County, Arkansas; d. February 09, 1977, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Generation No. 2
FRED LASSITER (JOSEPH O.) was born March 25, 1888 in Diaz, Jackson County, Arkansas, and died February 09, 1977 in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas. He married TEMPIE ANN INGRAM in 1911. She was born 1893, and died October 30, 1939 in Tuckerman, Jackson County, Arkansas.
Children of FRED LASSITER and TEMPLE INGRAM are:
i. WILLIAM L. LASSITER, b. February 13, 1924, Tuckerman, Arkansas; d. May 16, 2002.
ii. LEVON LASSITER.
iii. IMOGENE LASSITER, m. GOAD.
iv. GEORGE LASSITER, b. 1913; d. 1927.
v. ROY LASSITER, b. 1915; d. 1927.
vi. NATHAN EDGAR LASSITER, b. January 13, 1927, Tuckerman, Arkansas; d. July 03, 1995, Marion, Indiana.
Generation No. 3
WILLIAM L. LASSITER (FRED, JOSEPH O.) was born February 13, 1924 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and died May 16, 2002. He married GENEVIEVE GUFFEY August 17, 1946 in Jackson County, Arkansas, daughter of WILLIAM GUFFEY and CHESTER TURNER. She was born October 03, 1930.
Obituary for WILLIAM L. LASSITER
Mr. William L. Lassiter, 78 of Diaz, died Thursday, May 16, 2002
in Little Rock. Mr. Lassiter was born Feb. 13, 1924 in Tuckerman, the
son of Fred and Tempie Ann (Ingram) Lassiter. He married Miss Genevieve
Guffey on Aug. 17, 1946.
He was a machinist for Revere Copper and Brass and National
Aluminum. He retired in 1987 after 32 years of service. Mr. Lassiter had
also worked as a school bus mechanic and bus driver for the Tuckerman
Public Schools from 1950-1957.
He was a member of the Diaz Baptist Church, where he drove the
church van, encouraging children for many years. Mr. Lassiter also
faithfully served the church as an usher for many years. He loved
gardening and fixing things around other things around the home. His
greatest love was his children and grandchildren. Mr. Lassiter even
retired early to take care of his granddaughter, Amanda.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, George Lassiter, Roy
Lassiter, Nathan Lassiter, and Lavon Lassiter; one sister, Imogene Goad;
and twin great-grandsons, Jake and Lane Wesson.
Mr. Lassiter is survived by his wife of 55 years, Genevieve
(Guffey) Lassiter of Diaz; two sons, Bobby Lassiter and wife Suzanne of
Diaz and Galen Lassiter and wife Paula of Claremore, Okla.; two
daughters, Sharon Wesson and husband, Phil of Mountain View and Cheryl
Gordon and husband Greg of Diaz; two brothers, O.E. Lassiter of Newport
and C.G. Lassiter of Diaz; two sisters, Ella Mae Beach of Diaz and
Carrie Ann Grigsby of Diaz; seven grandchildren, Jeremy Wesson, Julie
Hopper, Brent Lassiter, Lori Lassiter Jones, William Bryan Lassiter,
Amanda Gordon, and Rob Gordon; three great-grandchildren, Garret
Lassiter, Jessica Wesson, and Will Wesson.
Funeral service was 10 a.m. Monday at the Diaz Baptist Church with
Rev. Jim Tirey and Rev. William Jaques, Jr. officiating. Interment was
in Gracelawn Cemetery in Tuckerman.
Pallbearers were Jeremy Wesson, Brent Lassiter, Ivan Mingues, Sam
Gordon, Doug Cockrill, and Jimmy Don Balch. Honorary pallbearers were
Williams Bryan Lassiter, Rob Gordon, and members of the Men's Sunday
School Class: G. L. Balch, Charles Stephens, Oscar Lassiter, Jack
Phipps, Dan Haygood, Ben Jones, Leo Stuart, Penn Cockrill, and Royce
Grigsby. Memorials may be made to the Diaz Baptist Church, P.O. Box 13,
Diaz. Arrangements by Jackson's Newport Funeral Home.
Children of WILLIAM LASSITER and GENEVIEVE GUFFEY are:
i. BOBBIE LEWIS LASSITER, m. SUZANNE BOGGS.
ii. GALEN LASSITER
iii. SHARON LASSITER
iv. CHERYL LASSITER, m. GREGORY GORDON.
NATHAN EDGAR LASSITER (FRED, JOSEPH O.) was born January 13, 1927 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and died July 03, 1995 in Marion, Indiana. He married MARGARET IMANEAL GOODMAN February 08, 1947 in Jackson County, Arkansas, daughter of JONATHAN GOODMAN and POLLY DEVORE. She was born April 23, 1931 in Jackson County, Arkansas, and died November 14, 1998 in Swayzee, Indiana.
Children of NATHAN LASSITER and MARGARET GOODMAN are:
i. PATRICIA CAROL LASSITER, m. JAMES YOUNG.
ii. BARBARA ANN LASSITER, b. January 26, 1950; d. March 18, 1952.
iii. DEBORAH SUE LASSITER
iv. EDGAR ALLEN LASSITER
v. TERRY LYNN LASSITER
vi. RODNEY NEAL LASSITER
Generation No. 4
GALEN LASSITER (WILLIAM L., FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married PAULA GRIZZLE.
Child of GALEN LASSITER and PAULA GRIZZLE is:
i. JULIE MEREDIT LASSITER
SHARON LASSITER (WILLIAM L., FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married PHILLIP WESSON.
Child of SHARON LASSITER and PHILLIP WESSON is:
i. JERMY PHILLIP WESSON
DEBORAH SUE LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married (1) FRED THATCHER. She married (2) ROBERT BENNETT.
Children of DEBORAH LASSITER and FRED THATCHER are:
i. CHRISTOPHER THATCHER.
ii. NATALIE ANN THATCHER.
EDGAR ALLEN LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married ZOEANN.
Children of EDGAR LASSITER and ZOEANN are:
i. CHRISTINA LASSITER, m. A. J. SIMMONS.
ii. GREG LASSITER.
iii. ELIZABETH MARGARET LASSITER.
TERRY LYNN LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married (1) SHELLY. He married (2) STACIE.
Children of TERRY LASSITER and SHELLY are:
i. LINDSAY LASSITER, m. CHRIS CURLESS.
ii. TIFFANY LASSITER.
RODNEY NEAL LASSITER (NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married (1) TRACY. He married (2) KIM.
Children of RODNEY LASSITER and TRACY are:
i. MAGAN LASSITER.
ii. KYLE LASSITER.
Generation No. 5
MAGAN LASSITER (RODNEY NEAL, NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) She married ADAM WILLIAMS.
Children of MAGAN LASSITER and ADAM WILLIAMS are:
i. NATHAN HOWARD WILLIAMS.
ii. LANDON BLAKE WILLIAMS.
KYLE LASSITER (RODNEY NEAL, NATHAN EDGAR, FRED, JOSEPH O.) He married TABITHA.
Children of KYLE LASSITER and TABITHA are:
i. MAKALA MARIE LASSITER.
ii. TYLER SCOTT LASSITER.
iii. PEYTON MICHAEL LASSITER.
Carol, Deborah Sue and Alan Lassiter
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