Russell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  William C. Fletcher

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 4, 2002

William C. Fletcher
    HONAKER -- Mr. William Clyde Fletcher, 88, passed away Monday, Dec. 2,
2002, in a Lebanon hospital. Born Sept. 13, 1914, in Deskins, Va., he was a
son of the late James Brock and Rachel Vandyke Fletcher. He had lived in the
Honaker area for the past 33 years, moving there from Buchanan County. He was
a retired coal miner, having been employed by Pittston Coal Co. and was a
member of the UMWA Local 1256. He was a member of Concord New Garden Primitive
Baptist Church.
     In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters,
Annie Breeding, Ollie Wilkey and Florence Fletcher; and three brothers, Henry
Fletcher, Glen Fletcher and Quay Fletcher. In his generation, he was the last
surviving member of his immediate family.
     Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Gladys Fletcher of the home; two
sons and daughters-in-law, William Ersel and Ella Deane Fletcher of Glade
Spring and Charles Guy and Jeannie Fletcher of Honaker; four grandchildren,
Tammy Montgomery of Glade Spring, Shannon Fletcher of Honaker, Maressa Monk of
Bristol Virginia and Renita Hicks of Athens, Tenn.; and four great-
grandchildren, Lindsey Massie, Madison Massie, Lance Monk and Michaela Monk
also survive.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Honaker Funeral
Home Chapel, Honaker, with Elder Danny Smith, Elder Otis Fields, Elder Ked
Stacy, Elder Joe Edwards and Elder George Ben Combs officiating. Interment
will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
     Pallbearers will be Shannon Fletcher, Bernard Fletcher, Earl Fletcher,
Ronnie Fletcher, Joe Kendrick, Tommy Deel, Doug Compton, Greg Fletcher and
Aaron Fletcher.
     Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Washington District Primitive
Baptist Association.
     Friends may call at Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Wednesday, where an
evening service will be conducted at 7 p.m.