Memorials, 1121 ALBJ, Vol. 82 No. 6 Pg. 440 (November, 2021)

• Position: Vol. 82 6 Pg. 440

MEMORIALS

No. Vol. 82 No. 6 Pg. 440

Alabama Bar Lawyer

November, 2021

J. Fletcher Jones

Fletcher Jones, 94, attorney, former legislator, and beloved family man, passed away peacefully on February 20 at his home in Andalusia, surrounded by his family. He was born in Miami, Florida to the late CJ and Willie Maude Jones.

At 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII where he was a member of the "Fighting 40^th" Seabee Battalion in the Okinawa Campaign, reaching the rank of 3^rd Class Petty Officer.

Following his honorable discharge, he finished high school before enrolling at the University of Alabama. Fletcher was later accepted to the University of Alabama School of Law, where he graduated in 1953. While at the university, he met the love of his life, Sara Jean Bradley. He would later propose to her on the steps of Denny Chimes, on the university campus. They were married on June 1,1952. After graduating from law school, Fletcher and Jean moved to Andalusia where he began practicing law.

Fletcher was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where he taught the adult men's Sunday school class and served as a deacon and elder.

In 1955, he was selected as the first president of the Andalusia Civitan Club. In 1958, Fletcher was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, serving two four-year terms. During that time, he initiated and drafted several bills and resolutions, including a bill allowing women to serve as jurors and sponsoring the bill enabling Covington County to have its own circuit judge (Covington County had previously shared a circuit with Geneva County).

Fletcher was a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, and the Covington County Bar Association for over 67 years. He was also a longtime member of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.

Fletcher loved the people of Covington County and poured his heart and soul into the county. He loved the law and was proud to be a lawyer. Throughout Fletcher's 60-plus years of practicing law, he devoted...