Richard Kenneth Fisher, Sr's Obituary
RICHARD KENNETH 'KEN' FISHER, Sr., 81
CLYDE, N.C. - Richard Kenneth 'Ken' Fisher, Sr., 81, passed away at Haywood Regional Medical Center on Monday, April 18, 2016 after a brief illness.
A native of Live Oak, Florida, he was a former resident of Orange Park and Lakeland, Florida. He had resided in Haywood County for the past 30 years. He was the son of the late Harold Raymond and Mamie Coleman Fisher and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Evelyn Mock and Barbara Ann Baggett.
Ken was former owner of Kencorp Insurance Sales operating throughout Western North Carolina. He was also former owner of the Garden Patch Grocery Store in Orange Park, Florida and a former produce buyer for Publix Markets in Lakeland, Florida. Ken was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Clyde.
Ken is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ella Ethelyene Silver Fisher; two daughters, Brenda Yekey, of Augusta, South Carolina and Ashley White and her husband, Ben, of Pittsfield, Maine; a son, Dr. Richard K. Fisher, Jr. and his wife, Dr. Susan Fisher, of Cleveland, Tennessee; a sister, Mary Jane Farr, and her husband, Robert, of Macon, Georgia; and nine grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
The family received friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Wells Funeral Home of Waynesville, NC. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Socrum Cemetery at Bethel Baptist Church, Lakeland, Florida with Reverend Robert L. Farr, Jr. officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 358, Waynesville, NC 28786 or Samaritan's Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607.
Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements in Florida. - See more at:
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