Vinnie "Chi Chi" Ellen Fletcher
VINNIE ELLEN (“CHI CHI”) FLETCHER, 78, of Rocky Gap, VA, passed away Friday, July 24, 2026 at Highland Ridge Rehab Center. She was born March 23, 1948 in Wolf Creek, the daughter of the late Carl & Zelphia French.
Although she was a homebody and didn’t travel far from home, the world came to her through her friendships and acquaintances. She touched many people’s lives and lived the biggest life ever.
She was a hard worker and worked up until the last couple years. She previously worked at Tultex and she retired from working as an attendant at the Rest Area on I77.
Vinnie loved people. She never met a stranger and impacted many people’s lives along the way. She was also the one who would tell you to straighten up when you were doing wrong.
She loved going to Goodwill and couldn’t pass up a yard sale. She loved to garden with her husband and they raised big gardens over the years while they enjoyed canning what they had grown. She loved to cook and was noted for her macaroni salad and spaghetti.
Vinnie was preceded in death by her parents, Carl Matthew & Zelphia Mae Lawson French, her adopted parents, Charles & Opal Clark, her brothers, Tommy, Buddy, Oscar and Allen, her sister, Betty, a special lifelong friend, Junior Nelson and her beloved pet companion, her dog, Maggie.
Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 56 years, James Martin Fletcher; her daughter, Misty Lilly & Perry Clark; her beloved granddaughter, Peyton Lilly & Ezra Ratcliffe; her adopted siblings, Charles & Genie Clark, Wanda Burgess and Teresa & Phillip McCoy, all of Ashland, KY; her special niece, Marlene Wright; her best friend and family, Pat Nelson and her children, David, which Vinnie had a special place in her heart for, and Drema & Howard Walker; and her cat, Lucy.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, White Gate. Burial will follow in Morning Star Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00 P.M. until service time, 2:00 P.M,
The Fletcher family is in the care of A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate, avestandsons.com, (540) 921-2985.
