Ollis Gerald Fletcher, 80, of Alapaha died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Bruce Vaughn and Rev. Mike Gibbs will officiate with interment to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 6, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Fletcher was born on August 31, 1927 in Tift County to the late Julian and Lucy Sumner Fletcher. He lived in Berrien County over 30 years and was a resident of Tift County most of his life. He was a member of the Alapaha United Methodist Church and the Alapaha Lions Club. Mr. Fletcher served in the U. S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He graduated from ABAC, Georgia Teacher’s College of Statesboro with a B.S. degree in Math and Science, and received a Masters degree from the University of Alabama. He did graduate studies at the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas. Mr. Fletcher was very active in his church and the Alapaha community. In 1997, he was recognized by the Alapaha Lions Club for his outstanding community service. He was a retired professor from ABAC and taught at Tift County High School.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Fletcher was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Baker Fletcher; and three brothers, Virgil Fletcher, George J. Fletcher, and Jack Fletcher.
Mr. Fletcher is survived by a step-daughter, Ferris Gilli and her husband, Harvey; and a step granddaughter, Susanna Hoffman and her husband, Larry; and two great grandchildren of Atlanta; two sisters, Linda Bruce and her husband, Charles, of Savannah, and Pat Slack and her husband, Gene, of Tifton; two sisters-in-law, Catherine Fletcher of Chula, and Betty Fletcher of Tifton; and two very special friends, Lincoln and Janice Gaskins of Alapaha; and several nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made to the Alapaha United Methodist Church or Flowers will be accepted.