Rev. James Floyd "J.F." Fletcher

• The Reverend Fletcher was the pastor of the Denton and Southmont Baptist churches, and of the Southside Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina. As of 30 June 1915 he and Mrs. Fletcher resided at Sunny Slope Farm, Emmons Mine, Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina. See The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina), Wednesday, June 30, 1915, page 4, and the Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Thursday, September 25, 1919, page 6.
• James' date of birth and state of birth are available in the "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST2-WGJ : accessed 14 June 2019), James V Fletcher in household of Floyd Fletcher, Jefferson Township Jefferson town, Ashe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 19A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,182.
• James' birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135365906/james-floyd-fletcher
• James' obituary is available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135365906/james-floyd-fletcher, and is provided below in its entirety:
  • "Greensboro Daily News Sun Jul 28, 1946
  • "Aged Preacher Dies In Wilkes - Rev. James Fletcher Passes In Hospital - N. Wilkesboro, July 27
  • "Rev. James Floyd Fletcher, 87, for more than half a century one of the outstanding ministers in western NC, died today at Wilkes Hospital.
  • "The aged minister who for several years had made his home here with a daughter, Mrs. W.R. Absher, sustained a broken shoulder in a fall earlier this week and was carried to the hospital on Friday when he became critically ill.
  • "Rev. Mr. Fletcher was born in Ashe county. At the age of 14, he left home and began an apprenticeship as a printer. Two years later he returned home and attended school near Jefferson. At the age of 17 he was teaching school and at the age of 18 began his ministry.
  • "He served many churches in western NC and was continuously in the ministry until he resigned as pastor of Southside Baptist church in High Point in 1924. In addition to his work in the ministry, Rev. Mr. Fletcher was a writer, and was author of a widely circulated book entitled, "A History of the Ashe county and New River, VA Baptist Associations", which was published in 1935.
  • "Rev. Fletcher was first married to Louisa Barker. The surviving sons and daughters are Col. A.L. Fletcher, J.V. and A.J. Fletcher, Raleigh; Mrs. Absher, N. Wilkesboro; Herbert S. Fletcher, High Point; Mrs. E.W. Bean, Kinston; Charles F. Fletcher, Kirksville, MD; and Mrs. J.P. Bingham, Lexington.
  • "Rev. Mr. Fletcher was later married to Mrs. Ada Willet, of Glouchester, VA, who has been with him here at the home of Mrs. Absher.
  • "Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 pm at First Baptist Church in N. Wilkesboro. The body will lie in the church from 2 until 3 o'clock. The body will be taken Monday to Raleigh for burial in Mount Lawn Memorial cemetery at 2 pm."

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• Residence: 1900 - Jefferson Township Jefferson town, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: July 27 1946 - N. Wilkesboro, Wilkes, N.C.
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 19 2017, 5:05:03 UTC
• Residence: 1900 - Jefferson Township Jefferson town, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: July 27 1946 - N. Wilkesboro, Wilkes, N.C.
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 21 2017, 2:40:05 UTC

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