Mrs. Bobbye Burris Lassiter

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 22, at 2 PM, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 PM.

Mrs. Lassiter was the first of three siblings; born in Foreman, AR on August 22, 1931 to the late Robert George and Jo Needham Burris. A University of Georgia alumni, Mrs. Lassiter was the Chairman of the Business Education department at Winder-Barrow Highschool where she taught for fifteen years. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and teacher.

Mrs. Lassiter was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Jerry Holland Lassiter. She is survived by two daughters, Karen Barber and husband Wayne; Kay Morris; four grandchildren; Houston Barber, Hannah Morris, Haley Stapleton and husband Thomas, Clayton Barber; and two great grandchildren; Scarlett and Hazel Stapleton.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Sheperd's Center, Atlanta, GA, www.shepherd.org.

Smith Funeral Home, 755 Atlanta Highway SE, Winder, GA 30680; 770-867-4553.