Helen McClean Fletcher entered the gates of Heaven on January 24, 2022. Hers was a life well lived. She was a loving daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Serving others was her greatest joy, and she expressed this through her work at church and by volunteering in the community.
Helen was born on May 22, 1926, to James Porter and Helen McClean in Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Central High School. It was there that she met the love of her life who would one day become her husband, Charles Fletcher.
Helen was a proud alumni and huge fan of the University of Alabama where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. One of her most treasured memories of her time at Alabama was when she traveled cross-country with her college friends on a student bus trip to attend the 1946 Rose Bowl. She continued to stay involved with ADPi Alumni for many years.
Charles and Helen married on June 14, 1948, and lived in Memphis, Tennessee for the first years of their marriage. They later moved to Jackson, Mississippi where they raised their family and made their home for the rest of their lives.
The couple joined First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, where Helen’s devotion to the Sunday School program blossomed. She taught second grade Sunday School for almost 50 years, often teaching the children and grandchildren of those she had taught years before. She was active for many years in the Christian Women’s Club and served as the treasurer of the Women’s Circle at First Presbyterian Church.
As a mother, Helen adored her children, and she was a devoted grandmother and great-grandmother. “MaMaw’, as she was lovingly known, never missed and event in which any of her grandchildren were involved, including weddings, graduations, and Scouting awards. Daughter Becky says she kept the airlines in business. Her life was rich with activities that involved her family, church, and other interests. She never wanted to miss anything, and she will be missed by all those who knew and loved her.
Helen is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Fletcher; daughter, Linda Louise Fletcher; granddaughter, Sally Evans McClean Fletcher; sisters-in-law, Juanita McClean and Martha Jane Reed; and niece Marty McClean.
She is survived by two children, John Charles Jr. (Sally) and Becky McFarland (Cam); granddaughter, Whitney Quick (Martin) of Madison, MS and their sons, Fletcher and Leo; grandson, Joshua McFarland (Meagan) of McMinnville, OR; grandson, Matthew McFarland (Christen) of Ocala, FL and their daughters Sydney and Charlotte; grandson, Christopher McFarland (Tracy) and their son Cameron of Salt Lake City, UT; and her brother, James Porter McClean, Jr. of Tallahassee, FL whom she loved dearly and stayed close to all her life.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 28, 2022 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon at First Presbyterian Church Jackson with a service to follow at 12:00 noon.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church Jackson at 1390 North State St., Jackson, MS 39202 or to the McClean Fletcher Grief Center for Children at 12 Northtown Dr., Jackson, MS 39211.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Parkway Funeral Home in Ridgeland, MS.
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