Etta Mae Fisher Alexander transitioned to be with the Lord on August 26, 2022. She was born to the union of Joe V. Fisher and Mamie E. Fisher on August 9, 1929, in Mobile Alabama. Etta Mae was their first born of eight daughters.
She accepted Christ at an early age under the teaching of her grandfather, Rev. James A. Fisher, Sr. She was active in the youth choir and other youth groups.
Etta Mae received her education in Alabama, Tennessee, and West Virginia. She graduated from C.H.R.V. School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia, where she worked until her health deteriorated. She often talked about her co-workers and her patients. This was a job that she really loved, and she always gave love to her patients and their families.
Upon moving to Roanoke, she became a member of Morning Star Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Thomas E. Crews. She directed the gospel choir, the senior choir and the youth choir. She enjoyed singing and playing the piano. At Morning Star, she also worked with the Pastor's Aid, the Missionary Circle or wherever she was needed. After Rev. Crews' death, she served under the leadership of Rev. Dr. L.A. Lewis where she led the music department for 20 years.
Later, she married Thomas W. Jones and joined Melrose Seventh Day Adventist Church where her husband was a member. Under the leadership of Elder Gilbert A. Anderson, she directed the church choir and Gospel Chorus and was a Sabbath school teacher, Vacation Bible school teacher and the secretary for the Dorcas Society for five years. During her life, she volunteered at Burrell Home for Adults, Avante Nursing Home and the VA Hospital in Salem, Virginia. She was a member of the VFW Post 1444 Women's Auxiliary. She was also a pianist for Macedonia Baptist Church, Big Hill Baptist Church, and St. John A.M.E. Church. Her main works were to put Jesus first.
Etta Mae was preceded in death by her father, Joe V. Fisher; mother, Mamie Brinchfield Fisher; two husbands; son, Terry Lynn Parris; sisters, Doris Robbin, Jean Ingram, Frances Whitfield, Yvonne Fisher Woods and Cynthia Vann; brother, George Hayden; and son-in-law, Ronald Johnson.
Those left to cherish her memories are daughters, Sandra (Connie) Welch, Laverne Johnson, Rosa Welch, Daphine Parris, all of Roanoke, VA; one son, Leonard Alexander of Glendale, AZ; sisters, Claudine Thompson of Ellicott, MD, Mytice Freeman of Bronx, NY, Lorenzia Fisher of Arlington, TX, Joyce (Jack) Spivey, Las Vegas; brother, Wendell Hayden of Roanoke, VA; grandchildren, Dewayne Alexander, Belinda Alexander, Mark Alexander, Michael Welch, Mark Welch, Tony Perez Welch, Marlo Parris, Andre Parris, Teon Parris, Monika Parris, Donita Parris, Yudora Alexander, J.R. Reynolds; 28 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren; adopted family, Nora Jean Tabor; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A public viewing will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home & Crematory. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Melrose Avenue SDA Church, 1601 Melrose Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24017. Live streaming will be available from the Hamlar-Curtis website. Click "View Live Streaming Here" at the top of the screen. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in Williams Memorial Park. Condolences may be sent to www.Hamlar-Curtis.com.
She accepted Christ at an early age under the teaching of her grandfather, Rev. James A. Fisher, Sr. She was active in the youth choir and other youth groups.
Etta Mae received her education in Alabama, Tennessee, and West Virginia. She graduated from C.H.R.V. School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia, where she worked until her health deteriorated. She often talked about her co-workers and her patients. This was a job that she really loved, and she always gave love to her patients and their families.
Upon moving to Roanoke, she became a member of Morning Star Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Thomas E. Crews. She directed the gospel choir, the senior choir and the youth choir. She enjoyed singing and playing the piano. At Morning Star, she also worked with the Pastor's Aid, the Missionary Circle or wherever she was needed. After Rev. Crews' death, she served under the leadership of Rev. Dr. L.A. Lewis where she led the music department for 20 years.
Later, she married Thomas W. Jones and joined Melrose Seventh Day Adventist Church where her husband was a member. Under the leadership of Elder Gilbert A. Anderson, she directed the church choir and Gospel Chorus and was a Sabbath school teacher, Vacation Bible school teacher and the secretary for the Dorcas Society for five years. During her life, she volunteered at Burrell Home for Adults, Avante Nursing Home and the VA Hospital in Salem, Virginia. She was a member of the VFW Post 1444 Women's Auxiliary. She was also a pianist for Macedonia Baptist Church, Big Hill Baptist Church, and St. John A.M.E. Church. Her main works were to put Jesus first.
Etta Mae was preceded in death by her father, Joe V. Fisher; mother, Mamie Brinchfield Fisher; two husbands; son, Terry Lynn Parris; sisters, Doris Robbin, Jean Ingram, Frances Whitfield, Yvonne Fisher Woods and Cynthia Vann; brother, George Hayden; and son-in-law, Ronald Johnson.
Those left to cherish her memories are daughters, Sandra (Connie) Welch, Laverne Johnson, Rosa Welch, Daphine Parris, all of Roanoke, VA; one son, Leonard Alexander of Glendale, AZ; sisters, Claudine Thompson of Ellicott, MD, Mytice Freeman of Bronx, NY, Lorenzia Fisher of Arlington, TX, Joyce (Jack) Spivey, Las Vegas; brother, Wendell Hayden of Roanoke, VA; grandchildren, Dewayne Alexander, Belinda Alexander, Mark Alexander, Michael Welch, Mark Welch, Tony Perez Welch, Marlo Parris, Andre Parris, Teon Parris, Monika Parris, Donita Parris, Yudora Alexander, J.R. Reynolds; 28 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren; adopted family, Nora Jean Tabor; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A public viewing will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home & Crematory. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Melrose Avenue SDA Church, 1601 Melrose Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24017. Live streaming will be available from the Hamlar-Curtis website. Click "View Live Streaming Here" at the top of the screen. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in Williams Memorial Park. Condolences may be sent to www.Hamlar-Curtis.com.
Etta Mae Fisher Alexander transitioned to be with the Lord on August 26, 2022. She was born to the union of Joe V. Fisher and Mamie E. Fisher on August 9, 1929, in Mobile Alabama. Etta Mae was their first born of eight daughters.
She accepted Christ at an early age under the teaching of her grandfather, Rev. James A. Fisher, Sr. She was active in the youth choir and other youth groups.
Etta Mae received her education in Alabama, Tennessee, and West Virginia. She graduated from C.H.R.V. School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia, where she worked until her health deteriorated. She often talked about her co-workers and her patients. This was a job that she really loved, and she always gave love to her patients and their families.
Upon moving to Roanoke, she became a member of Morning Star Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Thomas E. Crews. She directed the gospel choir, the senior choir and the youth choir. She enjoyed singing and playing the piano. At Morning Star, she also worked with the Pastor's Aid, the Missionary Circle or wherever she was needed. After Rev. Crews' death, she served under the leadership of Rev. Dr. L.A. Lewis where she led the music department for 20 years.
Later, she married Thomas W. Jones and joined Melrose Seventh Day Adventist Church where her husband was a member. Under the leadership of Elder Gilbert A. Anderson, she directed the church choir and Gospel Chorus and was a Sabbath school teacher, Vacation Bible school teacher and the secretary for the Dorcas Society for five years. During her life, she volunteered at Burrell Home for Adults, Avante Nursing Home and the VA Hospital in Salem, Virginia. She was a member of the VFW Post 1444 Women's Auxiliary. She was also a pianist for Macedonia Baptist Church, Big Hill Baptist Church, and St. John A.M.E. Church. Her main works were to put Jesus first.
Etta Mae was preceded in death by her father, Joe V. Fisher; mother, Mamie Brinchfield Fisher; two husbands; son, Terry Lynn Parris; sisters, Doris Robbin, Jean Ingram, Frances Whitfield, Yvonne Fisher Woods and Cynthia Vann; brother, George Hayden; and son-in-law, Ronald Johnson.
Those left to cherish her memories are daughters, Sandra (Connie) Welch, Laverne Johnson, Rosa Welch, Daphine Parris, all of Roanoke, VA; one son, Leonard Alexander of Glendale, AZ; sisters, Claudine Thompson of Ellicott, MD, Mytice Freeman of Bronx, NY, Lorenzia Fisher of Arlington, TX, Joyce (Jack) Spivey, Las Vegas; brother, Wendell Hayden of Roanoke, VA; grandchildren, Dewayne Alexander, Belinda Alexander, Mark Alexander, Michael Welch, Mark Welch, Tony Perez Welch, Marlo Parris, Andre Parris, Teon Parris, Monika Parris, Donita Parris, Yudora Alexander, J.R. Reynolds; 28 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren; adopted family, Nora Jean Tabor; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A public viewing will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home & Crematory. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Melrose Avenue SDA Church, 1601 Melrose Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24017. Live streaming will be available from the Hamlar-Curtis website. Click "View Live Streaming Here" at the top of the screen. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in Williams Memorial Park. Condolences may be sent to www.Hamlar-Curtis.com.
She accepted Christ at an early age under the teaching of her grandfather, Rev. James A. Fisher, Sr. She was active in the youth choir and other youth groups.
Etta Mae received her education in Alabama, Tennessee, and West Virginia. She graduated from C.H.R.V. School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia, where she worked until her health deteriorated. She often talked about her co-workers and her patients. This was a job that she really loved, and she always gave love to her patients and their families.
Upon moving to Roanoke, she became a member of Morning Star Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Thomas E. Crews. She directed the gospel choir, the senior choir and the youth choir. She enjoyed singing and playing the piano. At Morning Star, she also worked with the Pastor's Aid, the Missionary Circle or wherever she was needed. After Rev. Crews' death, she served under the leadership of Rev. Dr. L.A. Lewis where she led the music department for 20 years.
Later, she married Thomas W. Jones and joined Melrose Seventh Day Adventist Church where her husband was a member. Under the leadership of Elder Gilbert A. Anderson, she directed the church choir and Gospel Chorus and was a Sabbath school teacher, Vacation Bible school teacher and the secretary for the Dorcas Society for five years. During her life, she volunteered at Burrell Home for Adults, Avante Nursing Home and the VA Hospital in Salem, Virginia. She was a member of the VFW Post 1444 Women's Auxiliary. She was also a pianist for Macedonia Baptist Church, Big Hill Baptist Church, and St. John A.M.E. Church. Her main works were to put Jesus first.
Etta Mae was preceded in death by her father, Joe V. Fisher; mother, Mamie Brinchfield Fisher; two husbands; son, Terry Lynn Parris; sisters, Doris Robbin, Jean Ingram, Frances Whitfield, Yvonne Fisher Woods and Cynthia Vann; brother, George Hayden; and son-in-law, Ronald Johnson.
Those left to cherish her memories are daughters, Sandra (Connie) Welch, Laverne Johnson, Rosa Welch, Daphine Parris, all of Roanoke, VA; one son, Leonard Alexander of Glendale, AZ; sisters, Claudine Thompson of Ellicott, MD, Mytice Freeman of Bronx, NY, Lorenzia Fisher of Arlington, TX, Joyce (Jack) Spivey, Las Vegas; brother, Wendell Hayden of Roanoke, VA; grandchildren, Dewayne Alexander, Belinda Alexander, Mark Alexander, Michael Welch, Mark Welch, Tony Perez Welch, Marlo Parris, Andre Parris, Teon Parris, Monika Parris, Donita Parris, Yudora Alexander, J.R. Reynolds; 28 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren; adopted family, Nora Jean Tabor; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A public viewing will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home & Crematory. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Melrose Avenue SDA Church, 1601 Melrose Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24017. Live streaming will be available from the Hamlar-Curtis website. Click "View Live Streaming Here" at the top of the screen. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in Williams Memorial Park. Condolences may be sent to www.Hamlar-Curtis.com.
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