Family Group Sheet


Name Rev. W. Jerry Fletcher
Birth abt 1860, Carter Co., Kentucky
Death 14 Jun 1939, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Father Alex Fletcher
Mother Jane [Fletcher]
Other spouses Sarah [Fletcher]
Marriage 8 May 1934, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Nancy Jane Petitt, GG Aunt
Birth 14 Sep 1864, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 2 Sep 1959, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Williams Cem., Elliottville, Rowan Co., KY
Father Preston ("Pressie") Pettit (1837-1907)
Mother Mary Susan Riddle (1839-1916)
Other spouses Jesse H. Cornett
Granville Mays
Andrew J. Sparks
Notes for Rev. W. Jerry Fletcher
The index to Kentucky death records lists Jerry Fletcher, d. 14 June 1939, age 79, in Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 33, #16229.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown prec., E.D. 156, page 4A, taken 20 Apr, records as family #61:
Fletcher, Jerry, 49; Sarah, 45; married 30 years, 12 children, all living; Johnny, 28; Cora, 14; Cyntha, 11; Beth, 8; Gracy, 6; Goldy, 4; Jewell, 1. All born in Kentucky.
Notes for Nancy Jane Petitt
After Jesse's death, Nancy Jane married three more times, first to Rev. W. Jerry Fletcher, then to Granville Mays, and finally to Andrew Sparks, at age 90. She is pictured twice in the 1956 Centennial Edition of the Morehead News, identified as Nancy Jane Sparks, age 91, with husband Andrew Sparks, 81.

Her death certificate (Vol. 41, #20362) lists Nancy Sparks, d. 2 Sep 1959, age 94, in Rowan Co. Her marital status is given as married, but the form no longer has a space for name of spouse. Her birthdate is given as 14 Sept 1864, her father's name as Presley Petitt, mother Mary Riddle, informant Ted Cornette (son). Cause of death is hepatic hemorrhage. Burial in Williams Cemetery.
Notes for W. Jerry & Nancy Jane (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 39, p. 86, records marriage on 8 May 1934 of W. J. Fletcher, 74, widowed, b. Carter Co., s/o Alex & Jane Fletcher, to Nancy Cornette, 69, widowed, b. Rowan Co., d/o Presley & Mary Pettitt, at Morehead by Z. J. Tussey, witnesses Ruby Harris & E. S. Blaine.
Last Modified 19 Mar 1999 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh