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'''Roy Morris Fish''' (July 27, 1922 &ndash; September 5, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/roy-fish/e223818617160|title=Roy Fish|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>  was a politically-connected [[attorney]] and banker from Springhill in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A former chairman of the Webster Parish [[Republican Party]], he switched allegiance in 2004 and became a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​<ref name=nlh>Billy Hathorn, "Same Surnames, Different Perspectives: Harold and Jack Montgomery in the Louisiana State Senate, 1960 to 1976," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'' Vol 51 (Winter/Spring 2020, p.  46 (footnote 110)</ref>​ allied with the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] in [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]], and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref name=obit/>/

'''Roy Morris Fish''' (July 27, 1922 &ndash; September 5, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/roy-fish/e223818617160|title=Roy Fish|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>  was a politically-connected [[attorney]] and banker from Springhill in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A former chairman of the Webster Parish [[Republican Party]], he switched allegiance in 2004 and became a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​<ref name=nlh>Billy Hathorn, "Same Surnames, Different Perspectives: Harold and Jack Montgomery in the Louisiana State Senate, 1960 to 1976," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'' Vol 51 (Winter/Spring 2020, p.  46 (footnote 110)</ref>​ allied with the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] in [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]], and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]].<ref name=obit/>/

Fish was born to Roy Lee Fish and the former Alice Simpson in Walker Creek in Lafayette (pronounced LE FAY IT) County in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. He  began public school education in Texarkana, Arkansas while his father worked for the railroad at Union Station. Roy Lee Fish earned $90 per month (nearly 1,800 in 2020 dollars) but still managed to buy the family's home and a used Overland automobile. When the stock market crashed in October 1929 and the [[Great Depression]] began, the family moved back to the Walker Creek community and became sharecroppers. In this capacity Fish became a prolific picker of [[cotton]]. Despite the economic hard times, the Fish family prospered. <ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=roy-morris-fish&pid=196747856|title=Roy Morris Fish (1922-2020) obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

Fish was born to Roy Lee Fish and the former Alice Simpson in Walker Creek in Lafayette (pronounced LE FAY IT) County in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. He  began public school education in Texarkana, Arkansas while his father worked there for the railroad at Union Station. Roy Lee Fish earned $90 per month (nearly 1,800 in 2020 dollars) but still managed to buy the family's home and a used Overland automobile. When the stock market crashed in October 1929 and the [[Great Depression]] began, the family moved back to the Walker Creek community and became sharecroppers. In this capacity Fish became a prolific picker of [[cotton]]. Despite the economic hard times, the Fish family prospered. <ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=roy-morris-fish&pid=196747856|title=Roy Morris Fish (1922-2020) obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

After high school, Roy attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and in October 1941, shortly before the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]], he enlisted in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. He was discharged when the war ended and enrolled in law school at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], from which he graduated in 1949. Roy worked for forty years in his law office in Springhill. Part of the time he was in practice with [[Charles McConnell]], a former Springhill mayor and [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|Jack Montgomery]], a former one-term Democratic state senator.<ref name=nlh/> After he retired from his law practice, Fish was named president of the former Springhill Bank and Trust Company, a position that he filled for five years.<ref name=obit/>

After high school, Roy attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and in October 1941, shortly before the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]], he enlisted in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. He was discharged when the war ended and enrolled in law school at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], from which he graduated in 1949. Roy worked for forty years in his law office in Springhill. Part of the time he was in practice with [[Charles McConnell]], a former Springhill mayor and [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|Jack Montgomery]], a former one-term Democratic state senator.<ref name=nlh/> After he retired from his law practice, Fish was named president of the former Springhill Bank and Trust Company, a position that he filled for five years.<ref name=obit/>