Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 5

Part 5 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – It was 5:30am, Thursday, August 6th, 2009, when I answered the phone at the radio station, and Steve Phillips asked if I’d heard about Mickey.

I said, “Mickey Fisher?”

“Yes.”

“What happened?”

‘He died last night.”

I don’t remember anything he told me after that, but I knew I had to get my wits about me, and break the news that Mickey Fisher was gone. It wasn’t easy.

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 4

Part 4 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher loved golf.

He got it honest.

His father, George Fisher, was obsessed with golf; he worked tirelessly on his game. On any given day, you would see George Fisher hitting golf balls in front of Barksdale Elementary School, or at the Clarksville Country Club. George Fisher, Mason Rudolph, and Dave Aaron, all good friends, spent hours on the golf course with their sons.

Mickey Fisher did the same thing.

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 2

Part 2 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher came out of Clarksville High School as one of the best basketball players Clarksville had ever seen. We had come to expect that he would play college ball somewhere, and with the history his family had with Austin Peay State University, the assumption was that he would play in Clarksville. According to his mother, Myra, he had been offered a scholarship to Jacksonville, but chose to stay in Clarksville and play for the Governors.

It was a delicate situation with his father, George Fisher, still coaching at APSU, and his mother working there as well. Myra Fisher told me, “We hoped it was alright, and that people didn’t see it as a problem, but Mickey knew that he wasn’t going to get any favors, and would have to work hard and earn his spot on the team.”

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APSU’s 2010 Homecoming themed ‘Peay Paradise,’ October 4th-9th

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will celebrate Homecoming 2010 with the theme, “Peay Paradise,” from October 4th-9th. Homecoming 2010 includes events for all ages, and most of the events are open to the public.

The following is the full schedule, which also can be accessed at www.apsu.edu/homecoming.
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