Bennie Lyle Fletcher

Captain Bennie Lyle "Jim" Fletcher, III, USN, Ret., 65, husband of Marcia Finlator Fletcher of Isle of Palms, SC, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011.  The relatives and friends of Captain Fletcher are invited to attend his Inurnment Service with full military honors, Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 1:00 pm at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, followed by a 2:00 PM Memorial Service at Sunrise Presbyterian Church of Sullivan's Island, 3222 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.  Captain Fletcher was born on April 28, 1945 in Washington, DC, son of Bennie Lyle Fletcher Jr. and Nadine Elizabeth Wilcher Fletcher. A 1967 graduate of the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, he earned two master's degrees.  He served as a Submarine Captain in the United States Navy, retiring after 28 years. He was a life member of the USNA Alumni Association, Disabled American Veterans and an avid sailor having participated in many local sailing regattas.  Captain Fletcher was a very active member with his church.  He is survived by his wife, Marcia J. Fletcher of Isle of Palms, SC; two sons, Bryan L. Fletcher and his wife, Jennifer, and their children Jessie and Madeline, and John "Tad" Fletcher and his wife, Kristen, and their children, Morgan and Brendan all of Charleston, SC; his parents, Bennie and Nadine Fletcher, Jr. of Winston-Salem, NC; brother, Gregory W. Fletcher and his wife Megan of Middleburg, VA and sister, Janice L. Gentry and her husband Buddy of Lexington, NC.; nieces and nephews.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9^th Avenue, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL  33136.