Elmer L. Fisher
April 11, 1929 – July 8, 2006
Elmer L. Fisher passed away on July 8, 2006. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 15, at Fellowship United Methodist Church in Trophy Club, Sharlande Sledge officiating. Elmer was born on April 11, 1929, in Johnson City, Tenn. He attended the Happy Valley schools in Johnson City, Tenn., and Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, N.C. He earned a B.A. degree from Baylor University and attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth where he earned a M. Div. He then spent four years studying Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He began teaching Classics at Baylor in 1959, where he taught for 35 years. He was also a licensed and ordained Baptist minister. Elmer was passionate about Baylor Bears football. He never missed a game in 35 years. He always stayed until the game was finished (win or lose), then he would sing “That Good Old Baylor Line”. His avocation was gardening and landscaping. He loved traveling, hiking the Smoky Mountains and walking the beaches of Hawaii. Elmer and his wife, Jo, lived in Waco for 40 years, where they raised their two daughters. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1997, and moved to Trophy Club several years later to be near family. One of his great joys was spending time with his five grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jo Fisher; his daughters, and their husbands, Shara and John T. Kennedy of Albuquerque, N.M., and Lexis and Mack Sanders of Trophy Club; five grandchildren, John Fisher Kennedy, Leeanne Kennedy, Nathan Kennedy, Hayden Sanders, and Shelby Sanders; his brother, Bill Fisher of Johnson City, Tenn.; his half brothers and sisters, Stevie Fisher of Johnson City, Tenn., Carroll Fisher and his wife, Eileen, of Auburn, Wash., Frances Fisher of Johnson City, Texas, Belle Letterman of Limestone, Tenn., and Betty Taylor and her husband, Joe of Goldyear, Ariz. He donated his body to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth for the advancement of medical education and research.