J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Homes

Pletcher, Harry B.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Pastor Harry B. Pletcher, age 77�On October 3, 2005, God said, �Well done thy good and faithful servant, you have fought a good fight, enter into the joy of thy salvation and eternal bliss.� He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Evelyn Aleksy Pletcher; daughter, Diane Coghill and husband, William; granddaughters, Lori and Alycia Coghill, and Jennifer Coghill Deckert and husband, Jason; great-grandsons, Joshua and Conner Deckert; sisters, Mary Lee Reynolds, Gerry Raffle, and Arlene Curstead of Hopwood, PA. Pastor Pletcher served as a Chaplain in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. In addition, he was a former Chaplain for the Chesterfield County Jail and was Pastor of churches in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and presently at Harbor Light Baptist Church, 5709 Jessup Road, Richmond, VA. He was also a member of American Legion Post 284, Colonial Heights. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Thursday, October 6, at the Chesterfield Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, 3050 West Hundred Road, Chester. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, at Harbor Light Baptist Church with Pastor Edward Gindlesberger of Burlington, NC officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 1504 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 114, Richmond, VA 23229 or St. Jude Children�s Cancer Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.

Dear Mrs. Pletcher,
I met Pastor Pletcher through Billy Davenport's prayer breakfasts and through his ministering at the county jail. What a wonderful man of God. He always seemed to deflect any personal praise to others and truely was a humble man while still sharing his sense of humor with everyone. May God give you peace and strength through this time of loss. Paul and Ruth Anne Shorter

Posted by: Paul and Ruth Anne Shorter at October 10, 2005 06:11 PM

Dear Mrs. Pletcher and Church Family,

We are so sorry for your loss. Rev. Pletcher was a wonderful man of God. We enjoyed worshiping with you and your church in song and testimony.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We know Heaven is sweeter with him there.

God Bless You

Change of Heart Gospel group

Posted by: Change of Heart at October 6, 2005 08:26 AM

Dear Evelyn and Family

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this most diffcult time in your lives.

Evelyn you and Harry have been the best neighbors anyone could ask for. You have been like family to us. He is going to truly be missed but never forgotten. It is going to be very hard not seeing him drving through with "Sam" driving pretending to run us over.

He was the kindest person, he loved everyone with no one being a stranger. He was always making sure everyone was okay and willing to help anyone.
Burt and I will always keep our promise to him anything we can do or you need please let us know.
We love you dearly.

Our deepest regards
Love Tammy and Burt Milton & girls

Posted by: Tammy and Burt at October 5, 2005 11:02 PM

We will remember you all in our prayers during this time of loss within your family.

This family will be eternial grateful for the help and guidange he gave us during the years that we have known your family, You are a wonderful friend and we offer our love and friendship to you during this trying time.

Harry and you have touched so many lives in your lifetime and both of you should have many stars in heaven for the great work you both have done on this earth.

Harry was loved by many people and his guidance and insparation will be missed , we are blessed to have known him for the last twenty plus years.

He will be missed but remembered as a wonderful man.

In Sympthy
Pat & Ray coen and family

Posted by: Pat & Ray Coen at October 5, 2005 06:30 PM

WEDNESDAY 05
OCTOBER 2005

Dear Evelyn and Family,

On behalf of Neli and our church family please know that each of you are being prayed for.

We all shall be eternally grateful for the help and assistance that Brother Harry gave to us as God's Storehouse Baptist Church was begun five years and ten months ago.

Truly he shall be missed but remembered.

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." Revelation 14:13

In Christian Sympathy,

Rev. Tim Amador, Pastor
God's Storehouse Baptist Church

Posted by: Pastor Tim Amador at October 5, 2005 09:39 AM

Jay & Jen,

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

I am sure your grandfather is soaring with the eagles and walking with our heavenly father hand in hand.

Posted by: David & Valerie Hinant at October 4, 2005 01:38 PM