Post Everlasting Ceremony Thursday Night During American Legion Post Meeting

Post Everlasting, a special ceremony honoring and memorializing James N Lassiter, Robert E. Jennings and James W. Henline will take place tonight at the Senior Citizens Center as part of a special evening for the American Legion Post. Dinner will be served at and will be prepared by the Ladies of the American Legion Auxilary. Following the Post Everlasting Ceremony, special guest speaker, Teresa Tate, daughter of Jane McFerrin Lassiter and James N Lassiter will make a special presentation “Making the history connection”. Teresa also has a special guest, Art Jacobs, who was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He was shot down in Laos and evaded capture. He served through two tours in Vietnam and one in Korea. Jacobs was awarded the silver star, 3 distinguished flying crosses, the soldier medal for heroism, 3 purple hearts, 2 bronze stars, and 2 army commendation awards one of which. Dinner starts at 5:45 with the meeting starting at 6:30 tonight in Woodbury