Snake-Handling Pastor Dies From Rattlesnake Bite

On Saturday night, a pastor who starred in the reality TV show Snake Salvation died of a snake bite.  According to USA Today, Rev. Jamie Coots, pastor of the Middlesboro, Kentucky,  snake handling Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name was bitten by a rattlesnake. An emergency crew came to the church, but Coots had been taken home. When the crew went to Coots's home, the pastor refused treatment. Unlike the 8 previous times Coots had been bitten, this time the bite proved fatal.  Last year, Coots was convicted by a Tennessee court of illegally possessing poisonous snakes. (See prior posting.)