MARY ANN LASATER was born March 20. 1920 in Greenville, Alabama and
passed February 6, 2016 at the Manchester Health Care Center. She
was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Ben B. Lasater;
parents, George W. and Anna Laura Wade Fail; and siblings, Georgia
(Hugh) Fails Carr, Wade Fails, Herman (Edie) Fails and Renford
(Millicent) Fails. She is survived son, G. Benson (Kay) Lasater of
Hendersonville, Tennessee; two daughters, Betty J. (Aaron) Jones
and Nancy A. (Grady) by her sister, Julie B. (Kenneth) Fails
Johnson of Monroeville, Alabama. Ms. Lasater grew up in Greenville,
Alabama, graduating from Greenville High School. After graduating
in Greenville, she later moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she worked
at Merck, Sharpe and Dohme Corporation, a pharmaceutical company
for 6 years. While in Atlanta, she met Ben Burton Lasater of
Hillsboro, Tennessee. They married in Jasper, Florida on February
27, 1940. Mr. Lasater was subsequently sent overseas during WW II
and Mrs. Lasater moved to Hillsboro, Tennessee, living with his
parents, Burton and Maude Farrar Lasater.
Ms. Lasater set up a kindergarden class in her home, where she
taught for 10 years. In 1971, Ms. Lasater began work at the
Hillsboro Post Office, where she later became the Post Master for
26 years. She belonged to the Hillsboro United Methodist Church and
was active in many community activities including the Coffee County
Fair Board and the Coffee County Farm Bureau.
VISITATION
Sunday, February 7, 2016 from 12:30 p.m. – 1: 45 p.m. at Central
Funeral Home, 2812 Hillsboro Highway, Manchester, TN 37355.
931-723-7774.
FUNERAL
Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 2 :00 p.m. at Central Funeral Home
OFFICIANTS
Rev. Martin Bowlin
Bro. Danny Anderson
BURIAL
Hillsboro Methodist Cemetery