He was born in Jefferson City to Paul William and Vernettie Ellen Bryan Fisher. He was married on October 20, 1960 in Jefferson City to Doris May "Dody" Bastean Elledge who died on May 19, 2002. Survivors include four sons, Kenneth w. Fisher, Russellville; David R. Fisher, Henley; P.R. James Fisher and Leroy Joseph Fisher, both of Jefferson City; four daughters, Marica L. Matthews, Tuscumbia; Mary K. Rains, Henley; and Paula L. Massman and Cindy S. Fisher, both of Jefferson City; twenty-eight grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; five brothers, George Fisher, and Ricky Fisher, both of Henley; Eugene Fisher, Jefferson City; Tom Fisher, Wichita, Kansas; and Raymond Fisher, Arkansas; and one sister, Bertha Goff, California, MO. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris "Sissy" Fry; two brothers, Korles Fisher and James Fisher; and one sister, Betty Spence. He attended Spring Valley Baptist Church. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Assoication, POB 1653, Topeka, KS 66601. Mr. Fisher owned and operated Dody's Convenience Store in Jefferson City for twenty years until retiring in 1984.