Name:
Sammie Luther Fletcher

First Lie-in-State:
12 noon - 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Scales & Sons Funeral Home

Visitation:
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Scales & Sons Funeral Home

Second Lie-in-State:
11:00 a.m. - 12 noon on Friday, March 19, 2010
Bradley Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Milton, TN

Funeral with Rev. Clifton Sawyers, officiating:
12 noon on Friday, March 19, 2010
Bradley Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Interment:
on Friday, March 19, 2010
Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, TN. The repast will be at Allen Chapel AME Church on Maney Avenue in Murfreesboro, TN immediately after the interment.

Obituary:
Seasons and Times For Every Purpose

“To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”

A Time to be Born – Sammie L. Fletcher was born in Christiana, TN on
November 11, 1936 to Al and Annie Webb Fletcher.

A Time to be Educated – He was educated in the Rutherford County School System.

A Time to Love and be Loved – In 1969, he was united in holy matrimony to Mary Elizabeth Sanford.

A Time to Give Service – He attended Bradley Creek Missionary Baptist Church. He always served his family, friends and community with
a loving, giving heart.

A Time to Work – His life’s work included working for Wicks Lumber Company until his retirement.

A Fight of a Lifetime – Sunday morning, March 14, 2010, Sammie L. Fletcher departed his earthly home. He touched the lives of many who will cherish his loving memory, including his wife, Mary Elizabeth Sanford Fletcher; daughters, Ethel (Jeremiah) Hawkins, Penny Sanford, Kay Miller; sons, Robert (Melanie) McCullough, Marcus Sanford, Sammie (Virginia) McCullough, Jeffery Sanford, Willie (Joyce) McCullough, Joe (Lillian) McCullough, James (Faye) McCullough, David (Lavonne) McCullough; brothers, Joe Mack Fletcher, Earl Fletcher; sisters, Ann Lee "Buck") Ferguson, Classie Ferguson; a host of grandchildren,
great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives,
friends, loved ones and three very special friends, Fred Wade,
Walter Prunell and Doug Prunell.

The repast will be at Allen Chapel AME Church on Maney Avenue in Murfreesboro, TN immediately after the interment.