Fletcher, Mat C.
MRS. M. C. FLETCHER
Examiner, 1927.
EARLY SETTLER COLLIN COUNTY PASSES AWAY
Mrs. M. C. Fletcher, aged 87 years, 8 months and 1 day, resident of Collin county for more than 70 years, passed away at her home in the Baccus community in southwest Collin, Tuesday night, Oct. 2, at 1 o’clock.
Deceased had enjoyed her usual good health, for one of her advanced age until Monday when she was taken suddenly ill. She resided on her old home place with her son, Frank Fletcher and family.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock at Frankford, conducted by Rev. A. L. Leake, pastor of the Plano Baptist church. Interment in the Frankford cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church.
Pallbearers were: Active – the grandsons of the deceased, Clint Haggard, Clyde Haggard, Ray Haggard, W. D. Haggard, L. R. Fletcher and Edward Allen.
Honorary pallbearers were: C. S. Haggard, M. B. Thompson, J. W. Shepard, Sr., J. H. Gullidge, S. M. Harrington, Fred Harrington, S. L Harrington, R. C. Clark, J. H. Carpenter, W. O. Haggard, T. F. Hughston, R. T. Shelton, H. B. Carlisle, A. Lamm, C. L. Bishop, G. B. Jackson, John McKamy, W. T. McKamy, W. C. McKamy, Gene Browning, Dr. W. D. Ellis, Tom Andrews, F. Schimelpfenig, Wm. Forman, Mike Thomas, Claude Quisenberry and Tom Quisenberry.
Native of Kentucky
Deceased was formerly Miss Mat Collier and was born January 31, 1840, near Shelbyville, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Collier, early settlers of southwest Collin. When the deceased was seventeen years of age her parents moved to Texas, settling on Whiterock, west of Plano. The Collier old home place is now owned by J. W. Shepard of Plano. The family were several weeks on the road in making the trip to Texas, having moved here in wagons, pulled by oxen.
Mrs. Fletcher was married to John E. Fletcher west of Plano. He died twenty years ago.
The deceased is survived by four children: Mrs. John Haggard, Plano; Willie Fletcher, Bowie, Texas; Mrs. Nannie Thornbroughs, Crane, Texas, and Frank Fletcher, who resides with his mother. Two children preceded their mother to the grave. There were Walter Fletcher and Pierce Fletcher.
Mrs. Fletcher was the last of a family of six children to be claimed by death.
The funeral was largely attended and many beautiful floral offerings were placed on her newly made mound.
The Examiner joins in the sadness over the departure of this good woman. The Grim Reaper is steadily thinning the ranks of the old settlers, so many of whom have been our life long friends.
Examiner, 1927.
EARLY SETTLER COLLIN COUNTY PASSES AWAY
Mrs. M. C. Fletcher, aged 87 years, 8 months and 1 day, resident of Collin county for more than 70 years, passed away at her home in the Baccus community in southwest Collin, Tuesday night, Oct. 2, at 1 o’clock.
Deceased had enjoyed her usual good health, for one of her advanced age until Monday when she was taken suddenly ill. She resided on her old home place with her son, Frank Fletcher and family.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock at Frankford, conducted by Rev. A. L. Leake, pastor of the Plano Baptist church. Interment in the Frankford cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church.
Pallbearers were: Active – the grandsons of the deceased, Clint Haggard, Clyde Haggard, Ray Haggard, W. D. Haggard, L. R. Fletcher and Edward Allen.
Honorary pallbearers were: C. S. Haggard, M. B. Thompson, J. W. Shepard, Sr., J. H. Gullidge, S. M. Harrington, Fred Harrington, S. L Harrington, R. C. Clark, J. H. Carpenter, W. O. Haggard, T. F. Hughston, R. T. Shelton, H. B. Carlisle, A. Lamm, C. L. Bishop, G. B. Jackson, John McKamy, W. T. McKamy, W. C. McKamy, Gene Browning, Dr. W. D. Ellis, Tom Andrews, F. Schimelpfenig, Wm. Forman, Mike Thomas, Claude Quisenberry and Tom Quisenberry.
Native of Kentucky
Deceased was formerly Miss Mat Collier and was born January 31, 1840, near Shelbyville, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Collier, early settlers of southwest Collin. When the deceased was seventeen years of age her parents moved to Texas, settling on Whiterock, west of Plano. The Collier old home place is now owned by J. W. Shepard of Plano. The family were several weeks on the road in making the trip to Texas, having moved here in wagons, pulled by oxen.
Mrs. Fletcher was married to John E. Fletcher west of Plano. He died twenty years ago.
The deceased is survived by four children: Mrs. John Haggard, Plano; Willie Fletcher, Bowie, Texas; Mrs. Nannie Thornbroughs, Crane, Texas, and Frank Fletcher, who resides with his mother. Two children preceded their mother to the grave. There were Walter Fletcher and Pierce Fletcher.
Mrs. Fletcher was the last of a family of six children to be claimed by death.
The funeral was largely attended and many beautiful floral offerings were placed on her newly made mound.
The Examiner joins in the sadness over the departure of this good woman. The Grim Reaper is steadily thinning the ranks of the old settlers, so many of whom have been our life long friends.
