James E. Fletcher, 78, of Jakes Run, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in the Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born February 8, 1934 in Monongalia County, a son of the late Russell Fletcher and Mary Inez McCord Fletcher.
Mr. Fletcher was self employed and ran his own sanitation business.
Jim formerly attended the Jakes Run Assembly of God and had most recently been attending the Jakes Run Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sons and their spouses, Herbert Fletcher and Geraldine Pope, Ronald Fletcher and Crystal Eddy; four daughters and their spouses, Diane and Jerry Braun, Virginia and William Tennant, Glenda Sweeney and Robert Marshall, and Patricia and Lindsay Tennant; three sisters, Lucille Tennant, Rose Fletcher, and Mary Miller; twenty-five grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Rosemary Fletcher; two sons, Randy Fletcher and Harold Fletcher; two brothers and one sister.
Friends may call at the Owen-Neely Funeral Home in Blacksville from 6-9 PM Friday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 1:00 PM Saturday with Rev. Rose Saunders and Pastor Rob Bennett officiating. Interment will follow in the Olive Cemetery at Pentress.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Owen-Neely Funeral Home, PO Box 2, Blacksville, WV 26521.