Martha “Elizabeth” Hester Lassiter, 82, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Gerald Mallard officiating. Mrs. Lassiter will be laid to rest at Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery in Tifton. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 8, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Daniel Mallard, Josh Mallard, Wesley Lassiter, Billy Hester, Thomas Horton and Chris Bromlow will serve as pallbearers.
Born November 3, 1940, in Cook County, Mrs. Lassiter was the daughter of the late Travis Edgar Hester and Claudie Belle Holton Hester. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Lassiter; one daughter, Debbie Lassiter Goforth; one brother, James Hester; and one sister, Shirley Douglas. She was a homemaker and she attended Emmanuel Baptist Church in Tifton.
Mrs. Lassiter is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Mary Beth Goforth of Tifton and Jean and Gerald Mallard of Enigma; two sons and daughters-in-law, Travis and Donna Lassiter of Ty Ty and Roger and Lori Lassiter of Tifton; one sister, Barbara Jo Horton of Tifton; five grandchildren and their spouses, Daniel and Karla Mallard, Josh and Hali Mallard, Wesley Lassiter, Ali Reiman and Karlee Soto; and four great-grandchildren, Gabby Mallard, Kason Mallard, Avery Mallard and Kyli Garretson.