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DATE: Saturday, April 15, 1995               TAG: 9504150244
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: GATESVILLE                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

SILAS FLETCHER SR.

Silas Fletcher Sr., 75, of Route 1, died April 12, 1995, in an Asheville hospital.

A native of Ashley County, Ark., he was a World War II Marine Corps veteran and a member of Gatesville Baptist Church. He was a retired accountant. Mr. Fletcher was preceded in death by his son, William Michael Fletcher.

Survivors include a daughter, Mary Carolyn Wilson of Sunbury; two sons, Silas Fletcher Jr. and Robert Fletcher, both of Winton; two sisters, Alice Harris of Croosett, Ark., and Katheleen Carlson of Portsmouth, Va.; a brother, Marion Fletcher of San Diego, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert May. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB