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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Dewey Lee Fletcher, Jr.<br>
| name=Dewey Lee Fletcher, Jr.<br>
(Republican political activist and consultant)
(Republican political activist and consultant)
| birth_date=April 29, 1966
| birth_date=April 29, 1966
In 2008, Fletcher's agency worked to elect Republican [[physician]] [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, vacated by the retirement of Republican Representative James O. "Jim" McCrery of [[Shreveport]]. Fletcher served briefly as Fleming's chief of staff until sidelined by his fatal illness.<ref name=mns>"Former talk show host, political operative Lee Fletcher dies at 43, 'The Monroe-News-Star'' October 1, 2009.</ref>
In 2008, Fletcher's agency worked to elect Republican [[physician]] [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, vacated by the retirement of Republican Representative James O. "Jim" McCrery of [[Shreveport]]. Fletcher served briefly as Fleming's chief of staff until sidelined by his fatal illness.<ref name=mns>"Former talk show host, political operative Lee Fletcher dies at 43, 'The Monroe-News-Star'' October 1, 2009.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Fletcher was born at E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe to Dewey Fletcher, Sr. (1943-2004),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fletcher&GSfn=Dewey&GSmn=Lee&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=46403438&df=all&|title=Dewey Lee Fletcher, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 10, 2017}}</ref> and the former Patricia Gaye Brown (born August 1944), later Patricia Irby, of Monroe. He was reared at the 9B Ranch, a [[horse]] ranch and a [[cotton]] farm, in Oak Grove in [[rural]] West Carroll Parish in northeast Louisiana by his maternal grandparents, Dayton C. Brown (1913–1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.com|accessdate=October 3, 2009}}</ref> and Pat Brown, who at the time of her grandson's death resided in West Monroe. Fletcher had ad two sisters, Nicki Hall of Tyler, [[Texas]], and Ashley Simmons-Jones of West Monroe. He was a cousin]of Louisiana 4th Judicial District Judge Wendell Manning of Monroe.
Fletcher was born at E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe to Dewey Fletcher, Sr. (1943-2004),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fletcher&GSfn=Dewey&GSmn=Lee&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=46403438&df=all&|title=Dewey Lee Fletcher, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 10, 2017}}</ref> and the former Patricia Gaye Brown (born August 1944), later Patricia Irby, of Monroe. He was reared at the 9B Ranch, a [[horse]] ranch and a [[cotton]] farm, in Oak Grove in [[rural]] West Carroll Parish in northeast Louisiana by his maternal grandparents, Dayton C. Brown (1913–1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.com|accessdate=October 3, 2009}}</ref> and Pat Brown, who at the time of her grandson's death resided in West Monroe. Fletcher had ad two sisters, Nicki Hall of Tyler, [[Texas]], and Ashley Simmons-Jones of West Monroe. He was a cousin]of Louisiana 4th Judicial District Judge Wendell Manning of Monroe.