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Resided in Springhill in Webster Parish and in retirement in [[Shreveport]]

Resided in Springhill in Webster Parish and in retirement in [[Shreveport]]

| death_date=September 5, 2020 (aged 98)

| death_date=September 5, 2020 (aged 98)

| death_place=Shreveport

| death_place=Shreveport<br>

'''Resting place''':<br>

'''Resting place''':<br>

Springhill Cemetery in Springhill, Louisiana

Springhill Cemetery in Springhill, Louisiana

Ralph Norwood Fish (deceased)<br>

Ralph Norwood Fish (deceased)<br>

Morris Randal Fish<br>

Morris Randal Fish<br>

Five grandchildren<br>

Three grandchildren<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Roy Lee and Alice Simpson Fish<br>

Roy Lee and Alice Simpson Fish<br>

Fish was the city attorney for Springhill. In the summer of 1972, he was an unsuccessful candidate in a nonpartisan race to be the District 10 delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which met throughout 1973. Fish polled 1,746 votes, but victory went to state Representative [[R. Harmon Drew, Sr.]], who topped the three-candidate field with 3,194 votes. In third place was the independent [[journalist]] Eddy Arnold , then o [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]. <ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' August 21, 1972, p. 1.</ref>' He was active in the Louisiana Bar Association, from which he received in 1985 the President's Award for the most valuable service to the association According to his obituary, Fish was one of the last of the "old school" lawyers who could handle a wide range of cases.<ref name=obit/>  

Fish was the city attorney for Springhill. In the summer of 1972, he was an unsuccessful candidate in a nonpartisan race to be the District 10 delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which met throughout 1973. Fish polled 1,746 votes, but victory went to state Representative [[R. Harmon Drew, Sr.]], who topped the three-candidate field with 3,194 votes. In third place was the independent [[journalist]] Eddy Arnold , then o [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]. <ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' August 21, 1972, p. 1.</ref>' He was active in the Louisiana Bar Association, from which he received in 1985 the President's Award for the most valuable service to the association According to his obituary, Fish was one of the last of the "old school" lawyers who could handle a wide range of cases.<ref name=obit/>  

Shortly after coming to Springhill, Roy met and married the former  Ann Norwood, and the couple had two sons, Ralph Norwood Fish (deceased) and Morris Randal Fish and his wife Debbie. When Ann suffered a debilitating stroke, Roy became her caregiver for eight years until Ann's death in 2017.  Fish was a lifelong [[golf]]er and played his last game a week before his passing in Shreveport at the age of ninety-eight. He liked to travel and was also a voracious reader. He and his wife are interred at Springhill Cemetery. In addition to his wife and son, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Faye Willis and Marilyn Fish Bryan. In addition to son Randal Fish, he was survived by three granddaughters.is granddaughters Holly Michelle Fish, Lauren Lee Fish, and Allison Ann Fish and her husband, Brennan Black.<ref name=obit/>  

Shortly after coming to Springhill, Roy met and married the former  Ann Norwood, and the couple had two sons, Ralph Norwood Fish (deceased) and Morris Randal Fish and his wife Debbie. When Ann suffered a debilitating stroke, Roy became her caregiver for eight years until Ann's death in 2017.  Fish was a lifelong [[golf]]er and played his last game a week before his passing in Shreveport at the age of ninety-eight. He liked to travel and was also a voracious reader. He and his wife are interred at Springhill Cemetery. In addition to his wife and son, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Faye Willis and Marilyn Fish Bryan. In addition to son Randal Fish, he was survived by three granddaughters, Holly Michelle Fish, Lauren Lee Fish, and Allison Ann Fish and her husband, Brennan Black.<ref name=obit/>  

==References==

==References==