Skip Fletcher, Patriarch of the Fletcher’s Corny Dog, Died Tuesday

Skip Fletcher passed away Tuesday after being hospitalized for pneumonia. He was 82. Skip’s father Neil and his uncle Carl created the recipe for the iconic hand-dipped, fried dog on a stick in 1942.

D Magazine profiled Neil and Carl in 1982. It’s an interesting look at how the corny dog was born. In the story, Neil, a half-Cherokee and a Methodist circuit rider, admits, “I’ve been a hustler all my life. I’ve always done well.”

I’d say he did more than well. Both Neil and Carl made the D Magazine list of 100 Greatest Dallasites. And his son’s work certainly made his father proud.