Obit of Fisher, Velma B.  - Jackson County, Oklahoma

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::Greenlawn Memorial Park--Bakersfield CA 

Fisher, Velma B.    

Chapel services will be held on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 10:00 
a.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., for Velma B. 
Fisher who passed away on Sunday, August 5, 2007 in Bakersfield. She 
has entered eternal joy in the presence of her Heavenly Father. She 
was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-
grandmother. Velma was born in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. She was the fourth 
of eight children born to Malcom and Jennie High. The family moved to 
Martha, Oklahoma where she received most of her schooling, graduating 
from high school as class valedictorian. With coaching from her aunt 
and uncle, she moved to Bakersfield 1934, where the following year, 
she married her loving husband of 48 years, Lecil "Lee" Fisher. He 
preceded her in death in 1983. Velma attended the Oildale Church of 
God from 1935 to 1963. She later became a member of Calvary Bible 
Church of Bakersfield until she was unable to leave her home. Various 
Christian organizations benefitted from her prayer and support. Mom 
has always loved the Lord and read her Bible from cover-to-cover 
every year. She prayed for her family every night before she went to 
bed. She was a lady with a strong work ethic who was employed by the 
Oildale Post Office for 30 years. Velma was a good cook, seamstress, 
and enjoyed gardening and playing the piano. Velma is survived by her 
three children, son, Lowell Fisher; son, Carl and wife, Janice; 
daughter, Linda Hall and husband, Don; daughter-in-law, Sandy Fisher, 
all of Bakersfield; six grandchildren, Jeffrey Fisher and wife, 
Mandy, Anjanette Fisher, Amy Davis and husband, Kevin; Valerie, Brock 
and Brett Fisher; four great-grandchildren; Emerson and Eli Fisher, 
Deangelo Fisher and Kylie Davis. Other survivors include sisters, 
Irma Richards of Bakersfield, and Winnie Mowery of Athens, TX and her 
very dear cousin Lorene Randel of Edmond, OK. She will be missed by 
all those lives she touched. Visitation will begin today, Tuesday, 
August 7, from 2-8:00 p.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Chapel. Velma B. 
Fisher Oct. 3, 1914 - Aug. 5, 2007 Greenlawn Mortuary

Published in the Bakersfield Californian from 8/7/2007 - 8/8/2007.
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