Bio

John Jay Fletcher

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1966-68) / Football
Moss Point, Mississippi

Jay Fletcher, a graduate of Moss Point High School, played center on the 1967 Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College state-champion football team and was selected Honorable Mention All-State that year. He was a letterman in football at Delta State College, where he was the starting center, and graduated from there in 1970 with a degree in biology. He taught at East Central High School in Hurley and was the junior high football coach for two years, an assistant coach at the high school for two years, and head coach for four years.  He was also the offensive line coach at Pascagoula High School (1978-1982), and he coached girls track.  He received his master’s degree in education from the University of South Alabama.

Fletcher has worked as an agent for Nationwide Insurance in Pascagoula for 30 years.  He has won the President’s Conference Award and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Hall of Fame (Mississippi) and has served as both local president and state president for the organization.  He has been president of the Parent-Teacher Association and president of the Quarterback Club at Pascagoula High School and was the play-by-play announcer on local radio for high school games.  He is a member of the Pascagoula Rotary Club, which he has served as president, and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  He has served on the Planning Board for the city of Pascagoula for 22 years. 

Fletcher is married to Rebecca (Rodolfich) of Biloxi.  Together they have five children and four grandchildren. His daughter, Sydney, is an instructor in the business department at the Perkinston Campus.