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Submitted: 5/30/12 • Approved: 6/17/22 • Last Updated: 6/20/22 • R699950-G699950-S3
Bobby 28 Aug 1934 - 14 Jun 2022
Shelby 05 Feb 1937 - 12 Oct 2011
Marriage: 02 Mar 1959
Bobby Jerold “Flop” Fisher son of Earl and Ruby Archer Fisher. Shelby Glowdean (Bookout) Fisher daughter of Tolbert Thomas Bookout and Ada Arvella (Hutsell) Bookout.
**obituary
Bobby Jerold Fisher
August 28, 1934 - June 14, 2022
Bobby Jerold Fisher “Flop”, 87 of Smithville, AR passed away June 14, 2022, at the Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Born August 28, 1934, in Walnut Ridge; son of the late, Earl and Ruby Archer Fisher. He married the love of his life, Shelby Glowdean Bookout on March 2, 1959. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He worked as a Truck driver for Fisher’s Moving and Storage. Bobby Jerold was an avid outdoorsman, a cattle farmer, a home body, and he enjoyed tinkering with mechanical things.
He is preceded by his parents; his wife, Shelby in 2011; his brothers, Harold, W.E., and Bud Fisher.
Survivors include his daughter, Deborah Sipa (John) of Jonesboro; two granddaughters, Britney Sipa and Lindsey Stitts (Johnny) of Jonesboro; six great grandchildren; a brother, Freddy Fisher of Newport; and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside service will be Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 12 P.M. in the Lawrence Memorial Park. Family will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be from 10:30 A.M. till 12 P.M. in the Bryan Chapel in Hoxie.
For those wishing to leave lasting memorials, please consider donations in memory of Mr. Fisher to the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Obituary provided courtesy of Bryan Funeral Home Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Published Jun 2022 © 2022 Bryan Funeral Home
And his wife,
Shelby Glowdean Fisher
05 Feb 1937 - 12 Oct 2011
Shelby Glowdean Fisher, 74, of Smithville passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro.
Born February 5, 1937, in Hoxie, AR., daughter of Ada Arvella Hutsell and Tolbert Thomas Bookout.
She was a housewife and of the Baptist belief.
She was united in marriage to Bobby J. Fisher March 2, 1959.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Troy, Melvin and Bill Bookout.
Survivors include her husband, Bobby J. Fisher of Smithville; a daughter, Deborah and husband John Sipa of Jonesboro; Granddaughters, Linsey and Britney Sipa; Great Grandsons, Caleb and Cameron Sipa; a Great Granddaughter, Chloe Stroud all of Jonesboro; a Sister, Glenda Kelly of Norwich, KS; and many other relatives and friends.
Contributed on 5/30/12 by mjkane7
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