Harry Fletcher

Harry was born in 1928 to Clayton Fletcher. An only child who was raised only by his father due to his mother's passing in childbirth. For the most part, his childhood was pleasant. Harry, a boy full of nothing but joy and compassion for those around him. Often being a little naive and overly energetic but that didn't let that stop him. Raised fairly religiously in the Church Of Latter-Day Saints from an early age thanks to his father. And often saw the effects of the Great Depression firsthand and made do with what they had. There was also Clayton's secret alcoholism which Harry didn't understand at the time. Resulting in Harry having to keep hush about it due to his position in the church.

He never stopped loving his father though, even as a boy, and stayed that all-loving, sin-fearing Mormon boy that he always was. Being active in the church is how Harry met his lifelong best friend, Jonah Smith, a boy his age who so happened to be one of the bishop's sons. A grand amount of Harry's childhood involved Jonah, from roaming the church halls, to playdates, all the way to high school, those two were together and it stayed that way leading to their mission.

With Harry wanting to follow in his father's footsteps he set off to serve a LDS mission at the age of 18. In a luck of fate, he was paired with his best friend and now companion, Jonah, who would remain by his side for the majority of their time in Arizona. All seemed to be going well.. until it wasn't. It was his mission where his faith was pushed past its limits. Under a new type of stress and life-threatening situations, Harry lost all faith he had ever had and returned home now a completely different man. A man who was quick to anger, seemingly miserable, agitated, and less cheerful than he was when he left.

He was now in the low of his life. Harry completely cut contact with his father and, still accompanied by his best friend, would turn to alcoholism as a way of poorly coping with the traumatic events of his mission. Indulging in the same alcoholism he so often saw his father do until the age of 10... All while having just started college for business.

It would stay that way for some time until Harry met his wife-to-be, Jeanette, in the midst of his recovery process. Meeting Jeanette only turned out to be a blessing in disguise and only motivated his journey to become sober even more. The two graduated together and soon Harry got a job selling cars on the sales floor as a car salesman. The pairing had their first kid, Sadie, in the year '54 and soon after their son, James, in '56. Only to officially wed the year after.

Reconnecting with his father, becoming the father he never expected to be, and for once being at a stable point in his life, Harry seemed content and happy. All seemed to be going well, his kids were growing up and he couldn't be happier. Up until this point Harry remained in contact with Jonah, and thought him to be doing.. 'alright.' Till he was proven wrong as it was Harry who found himself discovering his friend's corpse in his own friend's bedroom. It was enough to almost send Harry into another relapse.

He found himself once again miserable for an amount of time, heavily relying on his wife in this time while he recovered. It took time but he found himself being able to cope with the loss and was able to get back on his feet once more. Now, as the days go on, he focuses his time on his family. Looking forward to watching his babies grow up into their adult life... even if he doesn't understand it. To think his life would end up here...