Retired chaplain, interim pastor dies at 89.
George Walton Lassett, who served in several staff positions in Alabama Baptist churches, died May 8. He was 89.
Lassett, of Citronelle, earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss. He also earned a master’s in theology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Yellowstone Baptist College in Billings, Mont.
Lassett served as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Foley, and First Baptist Church, Silverhill. He also served as interim minister of education and administration at First Baptist Church, Fairhope, and in several interim pastorates in Baldwin County.
Lassett was a retired chaplain, earning the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and served 24 years, including active duty during World War II, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine; two children; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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