{Matoaka, West Virginia}...Mercer County Pastor Mack Randall Wolford, 44, from Green Valley who lead the Full Gospel Apostolic House of the Lord Jesus in Matoaka, died Monday after a bite from a timber rattlesnake during a religious service Sunday in McDowell County. Wolford had been bitten by snakes at least three times previously. Filmmaker Kate Fowler had been working with Wolford over the past 18 months on a yet to be released film about snake handling called, "With Signs Following." After the bite, Pastor Wolford was taken to a home in Brushfork. It is not clear how much time passed before paramedics were called.
