REV. ALFRED ASARISI

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR: REV. ALFRED ASARISI WILL BE HELD 11 AM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017 AT FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH; BURIAL 11 AM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 CEDAR HILL CEMETERY IN BESSEMER, AL; VISITATION 5-7 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017 AT FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WITH CHURCH SERVICE BEGINNING AT 7 PM; Funeral services for Rev. Alfred Asarisi will be held 11 AM Sunday, February 12, 2017 at First United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Fred Asarisi, Rev. Tim Vowell and Rev. Aaron Phillips officiating. Graveside service 11 AM Monday, February 13, 2017 at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Bessemer, AL. Visitation will be 5-7 PM Saturday, February 11, 2017 at First United Pentecostal Church with church service beginning at 7 PM. Rev. Robert McWilliams and Rev. A.G. Lilly officiating. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services is in charge. Rev. Asarisi, 92, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at his residence. He was a U.S. Marines and Navy Veteran. He was born in Seymour, CT, and moved from Alabama to Neshoba County in 2009. He was a retired Apostolic Pentecostal minister after 56 years of service. Rev. Asarisi enjoyed reading and traveling. He was a member of UPC International. He was a member of First United Pentecostal Church. Preceded in death: Parents, Joseph Asarisi & Michilina Titta Asarisi; 1st wife, Dollyne Asarisi; sisters, Maggie & Josephine; brothers, Tony, Charlie & Bill; great-grandson, Nathaniel Phillips Jr. Survivors: wife, Sheila Asarisi of Philadelphia; daughters, Teresa Phillips (Sonny) of Seymour, IN, Linda Glass (George) of Montgomery, AL, Kim Munkus (Stanley) of Birmingham, AL; stepdaughter, Tiffany Lilley (John) of Philadelphia; son, Rev. Fred Asarisi (Tonya) of Little Rock, AR; stepson, Shane Griffin of Philadelphia; brother, Sam Asarisi of Pensacola, FL; (17) grandchildren; (28) great-grandchildren; (34) great-great-grandchildren; host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: Ron Phillips, Nathan Phillips, Joey Roehm, Brandon Asarisi, Justin Asarisi, Justis Lilley, Zach Griffin and Brayden Lilley.