Obituary of Dorothy E. Fletcher

Mrs. Dorothy Eggers Fletcher, age 94 of Boone, passed away Monday afternoon, August 14, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. She was born July 27, 1923 in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Hill and Effie Matheson Eggers. Mrs. Fletcher was retired from TRW/IRC, where she worked as a group leader of a resistors department for 30 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Boone. Surviving are her daughter, Sue Fletcher Austin of Hickory; one grandson, Mark Fletcher Austin and wife, April of Cary; one granddaughter, Cindy Suzanne Austin of Hickory; nephews, Melvin Fletcher, Ronnie Fletcher, R.D. Eggers and Steve Eggers; nieces, Gail Fox and husband Jim, Hilda Fletcher and husband Jake, Mary Lou Diether, Janet Fletcher, Priscilla Rainey, Betty Church and husband Dean, and Cathy Farmer and husband Sid. The family would like to thank all of the doctors, nurses and special caregivers and friends, Callie Rominger, Kathy Phillips, Connie Williams, Karen Dancey, Cierra Wolfe, Tommy Wolfe, Berdie Pitts, Lisa Crisp and Diane Shook. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Bert B. Fletcher and a son-in-law, Collis Austin, Jr., and a brother Rom D. Eggers. Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Eggers Fletcher will be conducted Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Cindy Lunsford. Burial will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens, Boone. The family will receive friends prior to the services Saturday from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home. The family respectfully requests no food; flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Mabel United Methodist Church in care of Gail Fox, 7320 US Hwy. 421 N., Vilas, N.C. 28692. Online condolences may be shared with the Fletcher family at the website www.austinadnbarnesfuneralhome.com. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Fletcher family.