Charles Raymond "Bear" Lastier

Charles Raymond “Bear” Lasiter, age 90, of Fordyce, Ark., died Friday April 29th at his residence at Dalton’s Place in Fordyce.  Born October 10, 1925 in Warren, Ark, he was the son of the late Peyton Brown Lasiter and Maude Cornish Lasiter.  Charles was a retired Principal and Educator from the Fordyce School District and served our country heroically as a Navy radar man on the USS Intrepid in WWII.  He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Fordyce.  Charles was preceded in death by his wife Madge Clanton Lasiter, brothers Terrell Lasiter and Herb Lasiter and a sister Sue Lasiter Byrd.
He is survived by 2 sisters, Joann Lasiter Massey and Betty Faye Lasiter Howsen of Warren, AR.  Two sons, Peyton Charles Lasiter and spouse Tracy of Little Rock, AR and Mark Clanton Lasiter and spouse Terri of Wears Valley, TN; one daughter Karen Pennington of Bellingham, WA; eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday May 4th at Frazer’s Funeral Home in Warren, Arkansas.
Funeral services 10:00 a.m. Thursday May 5th at First Baptist Church in Fordyce, Arkansas. Burial immediately following at Union Hill Cemetery in Ingalls, Ark., by Frazer’s Funeral Home. Online guest register  HYPERLINK "http://www.frazerfuneralhome.com" www.frazerfuneralhome.com