It's been two days since a Middlesboro, Kentucky, pastor was laid to rest after a snake he was handling bit him, and now his 21-year-old son said he is taking over the church and will continue to handle snakes.
Jamie Coots died Saturday night after a fatal snakebite at Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus' Name. Tuesday, family and friends said goodbye at Creech Funeral Home.
Cody Coots, Jamie's son, said following the wake, a smaller group went back to his father's church and handled snakes.
"I knew people were wanting to do church and we couldn't do that in the funeral home because that would be breaking the law," said Cody Coots. "I didn't want to disrespect the funeral home by saying 'hey, we're wanting to have snakes here.'"
While Coots has a permit to possess poisonous snakes, according to Kentucky law it is illegal to handle them, but Coots said it was one of his father's dying wishes to practice their faith until the end.
Coots' son takes over Ky. church, continues to handle snakes
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