Richard Hatcher

Tue, 06/20/2006 - 5:01pm
By: The Citizen

Richard “Dick” Hatcher, 75, Fayetteville and Lantana, Fla., died June 8, 2006. He was reared in Palm Beach County, Fla., and was graduated from Lake Worth high School in 1948. He served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War. He was a graduate of Embry-Riddle School of Aeronautics in Miami. He worked for Eastern Airlines in Florida and Georgia as an aircraft mechanic for 31 years. He had a vineyard and garden in Fayette county as well as growing mangoes in Florida. Services were at the Dorsey-E. Earl Smith Funeral Home, Lake Worth, Fla., with interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Marilynn Painter Hatcher; sons, Richard and Kelly Hatcher Jr., California, and John and Debbie Hatcher, Fayetteville; a daughter, Sharon and Alex Ypsilanti, New York; and 10 grandchildren. Dorsey-E. Earl Smith Funeral Home, lake Worth, Fla., was in charge.

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