Norman Fisher

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Norman "Casey" Fisher, 72, of Olive Branch died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Dec. 23, 1931, in Elco, Ill., son of Harry and Myrtle Jordan Fisher.

Fisher had worked at Silica Mill.

He served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include three daughters, Mary Caballaro of Unity, Ill., Myrtle Cange of Norris City, Ill., Norma Fisher of Carbondale, Ill.; two sons, Norman Fisher of Olive Branch, Mark Fisher of Carbondale; three brothers, Ray, George and Charles Fisher of Olive Branch; two sisters, Thelma Beckwith of Olive Branch, Earlene Fisher of Cairo, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

The funeral was held Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, with the Rev. Jerome Fortenberry officiating. Burial was in Sims Cemetery, with military honors by VFW Post 3455 in Anna, Ill.