Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Garland, Fletcher February 2, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com February 13, 2006, 4:21 pm Mitchell News-Journal 2/08/06 FLETCHER GARLAND BAKERSVILLE - Fletcher Garland, 78, of Fork Mountain Road, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. He was the son of the late Fate and Mary Garland. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Lee Garland, and a sister, Thelma Hoilman. He was self- employed in the lumber business and was a member of Fork Mountain Fire and Rescue. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School superintendent. He was also involved in construction of the church. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Garland of the home; a daughter, Sara Allen of Boca Raton, FL; a son, Doug Garland of Jonesborough, TN; brothers, Clyde Garland of Unicoi, TN, and Claude Garland of Bakersville; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Ronnie Gouge, Clifford Willis and Harold Grindstaff officiated. Burial was at 1 p.m. Sunday at Gouge Cemetery on Fork Mountain Road. The family received friends from 5 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Bethlehem Baptist Church, c/o Lee Gouge, Lee Gouge Drive, Bakersville, NC 28705. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/g/garland132gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb