ROCKY MOUNT - Donald Dudley Fisher, Sr., age 83, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Born in Nash County on July 18, 1936, he was the son of the late John Thomas "Jack" Fisher, Jr. and Virginia Turner Fisher. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Fisher; and sisters, Minnie Jo Fisher Gay and Seleta Fisher Rose.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Cynthia Price Fisher; sons, Donald "Don" Dudley Fisher, Jr. and wife, Angie, of Wilmington, Kevin Fisher and wife, Jennifer, of Battleboro, and Michael Brent Fisher of Dallas, TX; and daughter, Ashley Fisher Ethridge and husband, Waylon, of Greensboro; ten grandchildren; great-two grandchildren; brother, John Thomas Fisher, III, and his wife Sylvia; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Pastor Michael Willard officiating. Burial will follow the service at Battleboro Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and at other times at the home.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Cornerstone Independent Baptist Church, 1481 Beechwood Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27803 or to the Your Choice Resource Center (Rocky Mount Pregnancy Center), 400 Sunset Ave, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or by going to www.yourchoicenc.org.