BILL LASSETER
PILOT
GSW DAL DFW DEN


I had a voice message from Brady White at 7pm.
"Bill Lasseter died down in Lindale TX.  I'll get back with you."
-Jake Lamkins
(10/17/06)

W L LASSETER
Seniority date of 3/16/51 on the 9/1/72 FL/ALPA seniority list.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/17/06)

Sorry to pass on bad news,  but I was informed by Jim Ford that Bill Lassater died.
Funeral services will be held Thursday October 19th at the Claudle Rutledge Funeral
home in Lindale Texas, which  is north  of Tyler at 1:30pm.
-Weldon Finney, (10/17/06)

Captain Bill Lassater (Central/Frontier) died either Monday or Tuesday of Heart trouble. 
The funeral will be held at 1:30 pm Thursday October 19th at the Claudle 
Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale Texas, which is North of Tyler. 
-Phil Stallings
(10/17/06)

Bill Lassater, 82, flew west yesterday.  
His daughter got with Jim Ford and she wanted me to pass the news to your mailing group.  
Visitation is between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held Thursday October 19th at the Claudle Rutledge Funeral
home in Lindale Texas, which is north of Tyler at 1:30pm.
-Rusty Lambert
(10/17/06) 

Thanks for the info, Rusty, Phil & Weldon.
Getting old ain't for sissies, as my dad says - he's 87.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/17/06)

Posted at the FL Club:
Pilot Bill Lasseter has died of heart trouble.
Bill Lasseter, 82, flew west yesterday.  
Visitation is between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held Thursday October 19th at the Claudle Rutledge Funeral
home in Lindale Texas, which is north of Tyler at 1:30pm.
Phone number: 903-882-3141
Bill's pilot seniority date as WW Lasseter was 3/16/51.
I'm not sure when he retired, but it was about 1984, I think.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/17/06)

Subject: Notice for William Lee "Bill" Lasseter 
Please visit the Notice for William Lee "Bill" Lasseter.
http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?Id=LS19610557X
Click on the above link or cut and paste the url into your browser's address bar.
-Frosty Frost
(10/18/06)

Some of you have asked for Bill's address.  I've received the following from Rusty Lambert.
Be sure to visit the URL listed ... Obit 
Phil,  The address is 17392 Hillview, Flint,TX  75762.  
This is Lynn Buchanan, his daughters address.  
A guestbook is on the net at www.caudle-rutledge.com.  Rusty 
Please visit the Notice for William Lee "Bill" Lasseter.
http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?Id=LS19610557X
Click on the above link or cut and paste the url into your browser's address bar.
-Phil Stallings
(10/18/06)

OBITUARY
Funeral services for William Lee "Bill" Lasseter, age 82, of Hideaway are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. 
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home, Lindale.
Mr. Lasseter was born May 20, 1924, in Knox City and died Oct. 16, 2006, in a Tyler hospital. 
A longtime resident of Hideaway, he is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Bramlette Lasseter.
A pilot for more than 40 years, he began his aviation career in the U.S. Navy 
and served as a flight instructor during World War II. 
Following his tour in the Navy, he flew as a cropduster and, in 1951, 
he became a commercial pilot for Central Airlines and subsequently retired from Frontier Airlines. 
An avid fisherman, he designed and built one of the first prototype fiberglass bass boats 
and designed and produced his own line of fishing lures. 
He also enjoyed hunting and golfing and was an active member of the Hide-A-Way Lake Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Lasseter is survived by his three children, Lynn Buchanan and husband Buck of Flint, 
Bram Lasseter of Cody, Wyo., and Cindy Payne and husband Trent of Warrensburg, Mo.; 
six grandchildren, Jennifer Jones of New Orleans, La., Beau Bigham of New Orleans, La., 
Ashley Payne of Dallas, Dusty Lasseter of Cody, Wyo., Kirk Payne and Hannah Payne of Warrensburg, Mo.; 
two brothers, Thomas Lasseter and Robert Lasseter, both of Austin; and sister, Ann Strong of Dripping Springs.
Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home, Lindale.
-TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH 
(10/18/06).

Posted at the FL Club:
Bill Lasseter's obituary
Go to
http://www.legacy.com/TylerPaper/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=19610557
Be sure to leave a note in his Funerary Guestbook
-Jake Lamkins
(10/18/06)