Shirley Ann Robinson Fisher

God’s faithful servant, Shirley Fisher, passed into His kingdom on September 1, 2025 at the age of 85, surrounded with the love of numerous family members at Atrium Cabarrus. She passed away just two weeks shy of her 86th birthday.

Shirley was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina to Andrew Lewis and Mamie “Evelyn” (Oliver) Robinson, who predeceased her. In her original family, she was raised with a strong foundation in ministry, a commitment she carried throughout her life. Along with her siblings, she learned the biblical instruction that “faith without works is dead” (James 2:14-26) and lived her life accordingly.

Shirley met and had a crush on a handsome local neighborhood young man in 1954, Terry Franklin Fisher, in the community now known as “NODA” (then known as North Charlotte). They married later that year and began their 55-year life together. Together, they reared six children: Terry Franklin Fisher, Jr., (deceased) (widow Martha Berndt Fisher); Cynthia Marie Fisher Miller (husband, T.R. Miller); Rhonda Catherine Fisher Calloway (husband, Steve Calloway); Andy Thomas Fisher (wife Sheri Adams Fisher); Donna Kay Fisher (deceased) and Lisa Sherl Fisher. She proudly worked at United Parcel Service while diligently imparting her values through words and actions, retiring after 25 years of service.

Shirley is described by those who knew her best as “supportive”; “nurturing”; “unconditionally loving”; “steadfast”; “prayerful”; “trusting”; “faithful”; “wise” and “giving.” She felt strongly guided to support those most in need of compassion and love, believing that “the people who were in the most difficulty were those in most need of love”. She passed on to her children a deep commitment to honesty, hard work, steadiness, and charity to all in need. Her own commitment to those values included continuous financial support for the Baptist Sharing House, the Bethel Colony, Disabled American Veterans and the missions of her home church, the First Baptist Church of Enochville.

Shirley was also a leader in her church, leading the senior Women’s Sunday School until health concerns and covid-19 restrictions prevented her from attending when she was 80 years old. She continued to attend her church through online services and rigorous self-guided Bible studies, nurturing and growing her faith in God. Throughout her life, she “walked the talk,” living honestly and with good character in all her efforts. In recent years, she developed many hobbies - crafts, making Christmas decorations, bird-watching, plant rooting, and this spring, she learned the joy of playing Scrabble with her best friend and last sibling, Mary Ellen Robinson Ingram, who survives her. Shirley was preceded in death by beloved grandchild Joshua Edney Tucker. Her surviving grandchildren were the subject of her last uttered words on September 1, 2025: “please tell every single grandchild that I have loved them with all my heart.” Those grandchildren, Zachary Fisher, Grace Fisher, Faith Fisher, Jennifer Tucker, Eric Calloway, Andrew Calloway, Jacob Calloway, Chelsea Fisher, Allison Fisher Bruin, Morgan Fisher, Stephen Bazemore, Jessica Bazemore and Gabriel “Remi” Bruno, along with several great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews, share a powerful legacy in the example of the beloved Shirley Fisher, who will be deeply missed and long-remembered.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be directed to the Baptist Sharing House of Cabarrus County, the Bethel Colony, or the charitable mission of your choice.

Visitation for Shirley will be held on Friday, September 5, 2025, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Whitley’s Funeral Home, 1748 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis, NC. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be held at West Lawn Memorial Park.