Gene was born October 4, 1923 in Oklahoma City to James and Ruth Fletcher. Gene loved baseball, bowling, and hunting. He raised Brittany Spaniels but his favorite bird dog was a pointer named “Sport”. By trade, Gene was a bricklayer. He bricked the Bill Eisenhour Southeast Funeral Home.
He is survived by Eloise of the home; two sons: Jim Fletcher and wife Cynthia, and Gene Fletcher, Jr.; daughter Shirley Shoemake; step-children Linda McCaslin, Gary
Streiner, and Larry Streiner; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and sister Mittie Dodson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Mary Jo Garner
Fletcher; daughter Mary Ann Edwards-Canter; brother James Fletcher; sister Audie Henry; grandson Michael Fletcher; and step-son Robert Streiner.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday August 14, 2013 at Bill Eisenhour Southeast Chapel, Del City, Oklahoma with interment at Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City. For further information or to leave your condolences please visit www.eisenhourfuneral.com