The late Rev. Bill H. Lassiter, was a United Methodist minister and served in many churches in the Sequatchie Valley before retiring from the Holston Conference in the early 2000s. After retirement, he continued to call Marion County home as a resident of Haletown and member of Holly Avenue UMC in South Pittsburg. In 2012, he published a book on religion and humor titled "The Lonesome Goose and Other Stories" published by Parsons Porch and still available at book sellers. Lassiter, a native of Smithville, TN, was a graduate of DeKalb Co. High School and Martin Junior College. He also received degrees from Tennessee Wesleyan and Emory. Sadly, he passed away in 2014 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. His family has left with us several newspaper articles he authored or published through the years and have given permission for us to share them with our readers.
Rev. Bill H. Lassiter
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FAITH: Enjoy the Freedoms of Being A Christian
Three of us shared a garage apartment in Atlanta. It was small and crowded. The kitchen was smaller than a closet. To defrost the refrigerator required pulling it out of the kitchen and into the so-called living room. We were fortunate to have found a place in walking distance of Emory University. There, in the …
FAITH: It’s Good To Have Quiet Time
I don’t know why, but kids love to visit noisy places. Loud music, lots of games, and lots of other kids. Some of us adults frequent these places, too. For some reason a lot of birthday parties are held in such places. It is usually highly efficient, good food, but mass confusion if you’re trying …
FAITH: How to Be Wise
Not many of us will ever be as wise as a Plato or a Socrates, or a Solomon. Very few of us will ever understand the philosophies that give us a Watergate or a ghetto, or an electric chair. We do not have the wisdom to understand the economics of spending vast sums to explore …
