Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Olis Fletcher

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Bristol Herald Courier
Thursday, December 5, 2002

Olis Fletcher
     CLAYPOOL HILL, Va. -- Mr. Olis Fletcher, 71, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002,
at this home following a lengthy illness.
     He was born in Buchanan County, Va., and was a son of the late Clarence
and Mary Elswick Fletcher, both Buchanan County natives.
     He was a retired miner with Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. at Jewell Valley,
Va., and was a member of the United Mine Workers of America Local Union 7327.
He had made his home in the Claypool area most of his life, was a U.S. Army
Korean War veteran and was a member of the Reynolds Ridge Community Church.
     Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Janet Sizemore Fletcher; two daughters, Mrs.
Terry (Donna Jean) Shortt of Abingdon and Mrs. Thomas (Nesta) Sparks of
Winston-Salem, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Hudson of Tampa, Fla., Mrs.
Effie Davis of Tampa and Mrs. Uva McDilda of Abingdon; one brother, Mr. Waldon
Fletcher of Tampa; one grandchild, Clinton Olis Sparks; two step-
grandchildren, Kevin Dean Shortt and Christopher Bradley Shortt; and two
great-grandchildren, Tristen Wayne Sparks and Clara Breann Sparks.
     Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scott
Funeral Chapel in Richlands with Rev. Lawrence Hayes and Rev. Rick Pruitt
officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at
Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Winfred McGlothlin, Fred McGlothlin
Jr., Jim Ball, Leroy Nelson, Frazier McGlothlin, Ernie Horton, Lonnie Perkins
and Mark Sexton. Honorary pallbearers: Larry Kyle, Bernard Sparks, Stanley
Sparks and Timmy Sparks. Members of Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands
and the Disabled American Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31 will conduct
military graveside rites. Friends may call at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in
Richlands after 6 p.m. Thursday.
     Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements and
those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at
www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.