2009

Whitley Arin Fisher Sc••·vic·t•H fo•· Whilley Ann J•'isher· \\OCr(' lwld Sunday, NOV()Illbt'l' 08,

By Bill Grah am Appeal Managing Editor An East Central Community College stu– dent who died last week is being remembered by friends and classmates for her smile and outgo– ing personality. Whitley Fisher, a sophomore at the college, was killed Thursday afternoon in a car acci– dent on Decatur Conehatta Road. The accident hap– pened at about 4:00 Thursday when she was headed toward Dccatut· from her home in Lake. According to Shcr·iff .Jackie Knig11t, Fishet· l'nn oiT the right side of the road, then <.~rossed the roadway as she ll·icd to regain <·ontml of the vrhi– de. The whh11t.• plun~ell ahoul 20 flX:I llo\\'11 intu n ravine, hitlingnpl11c lroc. Emct·gctH'.)' peesOIIII«'I from the DHi<'<' and LifeCat·c Ambulan<:<' Service rel:'pondcd to 'the call, said Det•atu•· Vli'fl

200H nt 2 p.m. ai Porcf't Baptist Churrh with bur – ial following i n Pine Ridge CcmctCJ'Y in

Lawrence. Rev. Ryan Culpepper and Rev. Bobby Boyl es officiated. Wolf Funeral Services in Morton was in charge. Whitley Ann Fisher ,

Whitley Fisher

Chief Steve Baggett

Fisher, 19, was a 2008 graduate of t\c\\ion County High School, whc1-c· she was nn honor 1'011 student. On F1·iday. several of Fishrr's (')assmates galh– et'<'d ncm the S<'PJW of Ihe tweidt•nl. about thret~ miles from Uw ECCC campus. "She was a •·caUy swrct gi1·1." snid Carla Fishel' (nil •-elution), who shared n das!'> wiih the young woman lust sc•nws– lt ~I'. EC fl'f•s'lmmn K•·ish.•il Ji:n••·Nt, who ·snng· \vith l~iSh('i' lr1 thh CJOIIC{.,'ll',_ d111iJ·, I'CIIIt•mhm·cd hct r.il'nd's smil•• ContJnucd on Page 9, Sl'C Acrldt.•ut.••

19, a resident of Lake passed away Thursday, ii4{~ ...,~-~;J,rSjf..1#\'f!!fi November 5, 2009 .. at Newton Regional Hospital , ECCC student Carla Fisher stands at the site of the crash Friday afternoon. The Newton. Whitley had lived two young women were oot related. in Lake for the past four– ..:Accident Continued from tA "Everytime she comes in she's got a big smile on her face. It makes everybody laugh," she said. teen years, moving from Carthage. She was a mem– ber of Sandridge Baptist

Sister Erin Plunkett, Luke. Church, Lake, and was a She was pre<•cdcd in m<'mber of the ECCC death by grundpru·cnts, Concert Choir, and was a Goldie Evans of Lukr, nnd 2008 graduate of Newton Imogene Fisher. County Jligh School. Pallbem·ers wen She i s survived by Randy Hawthorne, Ton. parents, Jimmy and Fay Walker, ,Jere Fountain Fisher , Lake; two sisters Danny Williams, ,Jcssi< z ;Teresa Brooks and bus- Holloway and Daniel - .band Randy, Lake; Moody. Honormy poll 0 Tammy Record and hus- ~earcr wns Du:-;tin ~ band Art, ~hes~peake, Stewart. < :I: U 1- 0 Visitation \\oils~ ~ 3: rx: rx: Saturday, ~ovcmbcr 07, Q. < w 0:: w 2009 5 until 9 p.m. ut Wolf< U Z cn ~ Funeral Senrkcs in Morton.

By Tuesday, a cross and flowers had appeared at the crash scene, and a group memorializing Fisher on the web– site Facebook had grown to mot-e than 900 people. "Whitley, 1 just t•an't believe you're gone," wrote Tammie Snowden Sant, n friend. "I loved seeing that beautiful smile when you'd come throu&~ tE(' lunth line at Nc\vton County."

n. ul --Donna Evans, Lake; uunt Lana Re nf row, For est; uncle, Da le Watkins, M adden. Hon orary

\'J\; (wo nephews, .hwt>h Luvcndcl' and .Jamh\ H.e<'ord; one

niE'ce, Allison Record; aunt and uncle Eel