William Douglas \u201cBill\u201d Fisher was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Dallas, to Clifford Eugene Fisher of Des Moines, IA, and Annie Mae Fite Fisher of Ringgold, TX and passed away Sept. 4, 2026. Bill spent his early years in the small West Texas town of Crosbyton, where his father practiced dentistry. It was there and at his Mamaw\u2019s home in tiny Ringgold, TX, that he came to appreciate farming and ranching life.\u00a0 Bill\u2019s family moved to Lubbock, and Bill attended Maedgen Elementary, became a standout quarterback at Atkins and at Evans Jr. High, and graduated from Monterey High School in 1966. He studied psychology and business at Texas Tech University while working full time to support his wife and son, Boyd.\u00a0 Bill moved to Houston, working full time while attending night classes at South Texas College of Law. After law school, Bill clerked for U.S. Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Chief Justice John Robert Brown, remarried, and raised his daughter, Katharine. He was a successful oil and gas attorney and worked on the defense team of what was at that time the largest civil lawsuit ever tried. He retired early as a petrochemical pipeline executive and moved to Fort Worth.\u00a0 Bill had been given flying lessons as a young boy, becoming a competent pilot well before he was legally able to drive. His great passions were Tech football, small plane and sailplane aviation, and sports car racing, especially vintage foreign sports cars.\u00a0 In Fort Worth, Bill married Cynthia West McElrath and spent the last 11 years of his life sharing with her the hobbies that were so important to him and the civic and social events that were meaningful to her. Bill and Cynthia loved spending time with each other and traveling.\u00a0 He is preceded in death by his parents and by his brother-in-law, James V. Hoeffner.\u00a0 Bill is survived by wife Cynthia West Fisher; son, Boyd Wyatt \u201cBo\u201d and daughter-in-law, Jean Fisher, of Pasadena, TX; daughter, Katharine Denning Fisher Fife and son-in-law, John Fife, of Dallas along with grandchildren, Wyatt and Rosie Fife; stepdaughter, Jennifer McElrath West and son-in-law, Patrick West, of Fort Worth along with grandchildren, Max Palko (Amanda) and Cricket West; stepdaughter, Mary Helen Cornelius and son-in-law, Brian Cornelius, of Fort Worth, along with granddaughter, Caroline Cornelius; and by his younger siblings, Mark Kendall Fisher of Charlotte, NC, and Suzanne Fisher Hoeffner of Austin, TX.\u00a0 A Memorial Service\u00a0 honoring Bill\u2019s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, 500 W. 5th Street, Fort Worth 76102. Memorials: Should friends desire, memorials may be given to Hamilton Soaring Club\u00a0 www.hamiltonsoaringclub.org<\/p>\n
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