Mattie Ola Greer, 93, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday, April 11, 2004, at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home.
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Rev. Kelly Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Monday evening.
Mrs. Greer was born February 23, 1911, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late T. Wiley Fletcher and Nellie Watkins Fletcher. She lived in Fitzgerald most of her life. Mrs. Greer retired as operator for Western Union after 20 years of service. She was the former Day Clerk at the Lee-Grant Hotel in Fitzgerald and formerly operated a hotel in Sylacauga, Alabama. She is a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Dixieland Chapter #443, in Childersburg, Alabama. Mrs. Greer was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Greer is survived by two sons: Don Greer, Birmingham, AL and Dan Greer, Fitzgerald, GA; four brothers: Louie Fletcher, Honolulu, HI; Robert Fletcher, Navarre, FL; Monte Fletcher, Las Vegas, NV; Joe Fletcher, Fitzgerald, GA; two sisters: Twilla DeMeritt, Branford, Fl and Iva Nell Hogan, Fitzgerald, GA; 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Mrs. Greer was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Waters Greer, a daughter, Margie Ola Danley, five brothers and one sister.