Leola Fisher Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Leola Collins Fisher was born August 10, 1925, to Roosevelt Collins and Mattie Spriggs in Ruleville, Mississippi. She departed this, her Christian life, on February 11, 2015. Leola was a 1946 graduate of Grenada High School in Grenada, Mississippi. In 1963, Leola graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education from Mississippi Valley State. Leola, having accepted Jesus Christ at an early age, came to Toledo, OH in 1969, joining St. Paul AME Zion Church, and its extensive family, remaining a faithful member of the Lay Council. Leola was a fifteen year employee of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and retired in good standing. Leola became a self-employed healthcare aid, retiring due to health. Leola was preceded in death by her parents, Roosevelt Collins and Mattie Spriggs; husband, Harry Fisher and sister, Ida B. Chandler. Leola leaves to cherish her memory, sister, Mattie Howard; nephew, L.B. (Mary) Howard and godson, Andre R. Ragland; cousin, Margaret Miller; her extended family, Rev. James (Lennie) Willis, Ann Hubbard, Roosevelt (Barbara) Nix, Kenneth (Elizabeth) Ragland, Ethel Penamon, Ola Mae White of Chicago, IL, Emma Jean Hoskin of Detroit, MI and the entire St. Paul A.M.E. Zion membership. Visitation will be Wednesday 11 a.m. followed by funeral services at 12 noon Dale-Riggs Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Dwight Gutridge officiant, Rev. James H. Willis Sr. eulogist, interment Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. www.dalefh.com

Leola Fisher

February 12, 2015