Funeral services for Joseph Fletcher, 89, of Ferriday, LA will be February 22, 2014 at 11:00am from New Morning Star Baptist Church in Ferriday. Burial will follow at the St. Mary Cemetery in Jonesville, LA with Rev. Danny "Tron" Lewis officiating.

Mr. Fletcher, son of Eddie and Virginia Johnson Fletcher was born in Frogmore, LA and died at Natchez Regional Medical Center in Natchez, MS. He was a farmer.

He was united in marriage to Willie Mae Cummings Fletcher on December 14, 1947 and from that union thirteen children were born of which two died at an early. He is survived by five daughters, Mary D. Campbell of Rockford, IL; Gloria Lloyd of Ferriday; Janice Fletcher of Vidalia, LA; Doris Clay and her husband, Russell of Wildsville, LA; Kathy Victorian and her husband Michael of Baton Rouge, LA; six sons, Joseph Fletcher of Orange County, CA; Oscar Fletcher of Corona, CA; Ronnie Fletcher of Milwaukee, WI; Louis Fletcher of Natchez, MS; Danny Fletcher of Long Beach, CA; Marlon Fletcher of Rockford, IL; two sisters, Minnie Leonard of Ferriday and Bertha Johnson of Milwaukee; one brother, Eddie Fletcher, Jr. of Milwaukee; two brothers-in-law, Jesse Cummings of Jonesville and Sylvester Griggs of Ferriday; one sister-in-law, Lucille Cummings of New Orleans.

Also twenty grand children, twenty four great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, three brothers, Frank, Fleming and David; four sisters, Frozina, Virginia, Ruth and Ohphia.