Andrew Lewis (Dick) Lassiter Sr.

GRETNA Andrew Lewis (Dick) Lassiter Sr., 89, of Gretna, died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the Veterans Medical Center in Salem. Born March 22, 1921, in Louisa County, he was a son of the late Robert Lynn Lassiter and Cora Strong Lassiter.

He was predeceased by his wife, Hattie Keesee Lassiter; his son, Andy Lassiter; one sister, Mary Carrier; and two brothers, Robert Lassiter and Billy Lassiter.

He was a member and Deacon of Gretna Christian Church, a Navy veteran of World War II and was a retired truck driver with Hunt Trucking Company. Mr. Lassiter enjoyed gardening, hunting and fishing.

He is survived by two daughters, June Newsome and husband, Jerry, of Burlington, N.C., and Betty Jo Mason and husband, Lee, of Gretna; one brother, Jimmy Lassiter, of Powhatan; two sisters, Virginia Hartley, of Mineral, and Myrtle Riggsbee, of Mineral; four grandchildren, Joey Newsome, Christopher Mason, Andrea Johnson and Sherry Bowen; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Gretna Christian Church by the Rev. Dwight Mays. Burial will follow in Carl O. Moran Memorial Garden. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, April 13, 2010, at Colbert-Moran Funeral Home and other times will be at the residence of his daughter and son-in-law, Betty Jo and Lee Mason, 3233 Pittsville Road, Gretna.

Colbert-Moran Funeral Home, Gretna, is assisting the family.