From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Dr. Vance W. Fletcher, Ringgold Physician and WWI Veteran

This obituary is another of the approximately 175 newspaper clippings saved by Marguerite Cook Clark, her mother, and her daughters.[1] 

Vance Wells Fletcher, the son of Edward Badger Fletcher and Roxanna McKeown, was born and grew up in Florida.[2] During WWII, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in France.[3] After the war, he attended Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine. [4]

By 1930, he and his wife, Ruth Williams, were living in Ringgold.[5]  Ruth, the daughter of B. Frank and Mamie Williams, died in 1938. In 1941, Vance married widow, Audra Macey Martin Ray, daughter of James Bryan Martin and Anna Cook.[6]

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    1. "Services Today for Well Known Doctor [obituary]," newspaper clipping, n.d., unidentified newspaper, from the privately-held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Clippings were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

    2. Themis64, "Hunt Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/31144515/family/familyview? : accessed 9 November 2021). 

    3.  U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61174/images/44508_3421606189_0018-00257?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=19d320f4f8b8947c84a3e11a81171095&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DWY21313&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=572002: accessed 9 November 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 3l. 

    4. "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QP-V94H-X?cc=2061540&wc=M6YC-RNL%3A353055201 : 9 November 2021), Fitzhugh, James S-Foerster, Ernst Ferdinand > image 1715 of 2994; American Medical Association, Chicago.

    5. 1930 U.S. Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, supervisor's district no. 2, enumeration district 0012,  p.1B, dwelling 18, family 19, Vance W. Fletcher household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 9 November 2021); citing NARA microfilm T626, roll 785.

    6. Themis64, "Hunt Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/31144515/family/familyview? : accessed 9 November 2021).