He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
He married his college sweetheart, Justa Carolyn Cier on March 15, 1958.
Cyrus pastored churches in Hatch, Alamogordo, Tucumcari, and Cloudcroft, New Mexico. He also managed Sivells Baptist Youth Camp near Cloudcroft. He worked bi-vocationally as a pastor in Beach City, Texas (an extension of Second Baptist Church, Baytown) while doing land surveying for various engineering companies.
Cyrus served as a member of the Christian Life Commission for the Baptist General Convention of Texas. he and his wife, Carolyn, participated in mission work and supported mission organizations throughout their life and in ministry.
He enjoyed whittling and woodcraft. He acted in, wrote and directed plays. After retirement, he continued to write and teach Bible.
In his latter years, he was a member of Rollingbrook Fellowship, Baytown’s First Baptist Church.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Alma Fletcher, his daughter Nina Irene Fletcher, his wife Justa Carolyn Cier Fletcher and his siblings, Ruth Davis, Carolyn Edwards, and Preston Fletcher.
He is survived by his brother, Tom Fletcher; his daughter, Justa Elaine Anders and husband Nick Anders; his son, Alexander Boyd Fletcher and wife Maureen Fletcher; his daughter Amy Lea Beall and husband, Scott Beall; his son Kevin Cier Fletcher and wife Sharon Fletcher; his grandchildren, Lanie Garrett, and husband Jeremy Garrett, Melody Brown, and husband Justin Brown, Stephen Beall, Emily Beall, Scott Beall, Almeta Beall, Samuel Beall, Olivia Beall, Andrea O’Neal, and husband Daylan O’Neal, Jessica Fletcher, and great grandchildren Rex Brown, Justa Garrett, Henry Brown, and Efren Garrett.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, January 13, 2022, at Navarre Funeral Home, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, Texas 77521. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 14, 2022, at Rollingbrook Fellowship, 505 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, Texas 77521 with Pastor Bill Yowell officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 pm at Earthman Memory Gardens Cemetery, Baytown, Texas.
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