Imogene Gross Fisher, 65, of Memorial Boulevard in Narrows, departed this life Monday afternoon, January 12, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Ripplemead on October 7, 1943 she was a daughter of the late William Mack and Cecilia Price Gross. She loved and supported the Narrows Green Wave football teams through the years and all her friends and neighbors in Narrows knew her faithful walking daily to the Narrows Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons Jeffery Allen Fisher and Robert Fisher, Jr., her daughter Baby Emogene Fisher, her brother James Willard Gross, and her two sisters Mary J. Turner and Ann L. Chaney.

She leaves to cherish her memory her husband of forty-seven years, Robert A. "Buddy" Fisher; her three grandchildren Scotty, Jordan, and Sadie Fisher; her sisters Janice Frye of Pearisburg and Evelyn Hale and husband Bob of Roanoke; her sister-in-law Sarah Gross of Vinton; her special hairdresser Connie Waldron; and several aunts, uncles nieces, nephews and many friends.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St, Pembroke with Pastor Jamie Hyden and Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in the Anderson Cemetery at Mt. View. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6 to 8 PM. Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendallfuneralhome.com.