A snake-handling pastor who praised the serpents on reality TV died after a bite from a rattlesnake - and refusing treatment.

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — People in southeastern Kentucky have been lining up to pay their respects to a snake-handling pastor who died after being bitten by a snake during a church service. Jamie Coots was ...

National Geographic Channel series will air a tribute to "Snake Salvation" star Jamie Coots on Thursday. Coots died Saturday after being bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service and refusing ...

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment John David Brock, 60, of Stoney Fork, was handling the snake during a Sunday service at the Mossy Simpson ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The son of a snake-handling Kentucky preacher who died from a snakebite says he's recovering from his own rattlesnake wound. Cody Coots tells the Lexington Herald-Leader he was bitten ...

Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church. Like his father, Coots is a snake handler. And like his father, he was bitten by a rattlesnake while leading a ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — Jamie Coots, a snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation,” died Saturday after being bitten by a snake. Coots ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) – A snake-handling pastor in Kentucky who died after being bitten by one of the serpents during a church service has been remembered fondly at a memorial service. Jamie Coots was ...