Velda Elizabeth Fletcher, noted local dietitian and church and community volunteer, died Tuesday night at Park West Hospital after a medical emergency situation, she was 47.
Fletcher is survived by parents, Gina and Vandergriff Fletcher, brother and sister-in-law, Vandergriff and Davida Fletcher, sister Vonda Fletcher Reed and many nieces and nephews.
“Velda always had time for anyone. She devoted herself to her work and her family and her church. My children always felt like she was their second mother-sometimes their first. She just never said no to anything or anyone that she thought worthwhile. We are going to miss her very, very much,” her sister said.
She was a member of Little Springs Methodist Church. She sang in the adult choir, participated in numerous mission trips and served as the Sunday school director in the singles program there.
Fletcher volunteered with Mission of Mercy, a Midville-based nonprofit that distributes school supplies and Christmas presents to children, and was active in Alpha Chi Omega and the Wesley Center.
Fletcher graduated from Midville High School in 1980, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 and a Master of Science degree in 1986 from the University of West State. She worked in management in the dietitian’s department at the University Medical Center, in private practice and as a clinical dietitian and diabetes educator in Midville.
Services will be held Saturday at 2:00, at Forest Cemetery off Lexington Road in Midville. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to Mission of Mercy.
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