SLS 23RS-533 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 40
BY SENATOR BERNARD
CONDOLENCES. Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Randell
Aaron Fletcher.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of
3 Louisiana to the family of Randell Aaron Fletcher upon the occasion of his death.
4 WHEREAS, Randell Aaron Fletcher, born July 9, 1935, and raised in Verda,
5 Louisiana, was a 1953 graduate of Verda High School and earned a Bachelor of Science and
6 a Master of Education from Northwestern State University; and
7 WHEREAS, a member of Verda Baptist Church, Randell taught Sunday school for
8 forty-eight years; served as church treasurer for over fifty years; participated in seventeen
9 mission trips to Honduras and Alaska for medical and building purposes; and served as a
10 deacon from 1957 until his passing on April 12, 2023; and
11 WHEREAS, Randell was a devoted family man and community leader having served
12 as a board member and chairman of the Bank of Montgomery (BOM), board member and
13 chairman of the Red River Waterway Commission, board member of the Grant Parish Soil
14 Conservation & Water and the Louisiana State Soil & Water Commission, and board
15 member and president of the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home; and
16 WHEREAS, Randell was a cattle farmer who taught elementary school in Colfax for
17 nineteen years in addition to serving four years on the Grant Parish Police Jury and as Grant
18 Parish Assessor for twenty-two years; and
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1 WHEREAS, Randell was elected to the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame as a result of his
2 dedication and work with livestock; and
3 WHEREAS, while preceded in death by his parents, Aaron and Edna Fletcher, a
4 daughter-in-law, Candy Fletcher, and a great-grandson, Logan Ammons; Randell is survived
5 by his wife of sixty-eight years, Geraldine Hale Fletcher; their son, Steve Fletcher and
6 daughters, Becky Reeder and Celeste Fletcher (John Wardlow); grandchildren, Kristen
7 Tarver (Adam), Joshua Fletcher, Carrie Butler (Blake), Heather Herron (Joe), Zach Reeder
8 (Samantha), and Leanne Foreman (Clay); and great-grandchildren Indy Ammons, Luke
9 Butler, Allie Butler, Seth Herron, Kate Herron, Rhett Reeder, Brady Foreman, and Camille
10 Foreman; and
11 WHEREAS, Randell's passing leaves a void in the community to be felt by his
12 friends and family and the community as a whole.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
14 hereby extends sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Randell Aaron
15 Fletcher on the occasion of his death and does further acknowledge his activities and
16 contributions in the community.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to his
18 widow, Geraldine Hale Fletcher.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SR 40 Original 2023 Regular Session Bernard
Expresses sincere and heartfelt condolence to the family of Randell Aaron Fletcher upon the
occasion of his death.
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