Everett James Fisher Obituary | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Everett James Fisher, Jr., 73, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Knoxville, TN on August 28, 1948 to Everett J. Fisher, Sr. and Margaret Haggard Fisher, Jim grew up in Powell, TN. Known as Jamie to his family and childhood friends, and Jim to his Chattanooga friends, he graduated from Powell High School in 1966 and from the University of Tennessee College of Architecture in 1971. After his graduation from college, Jim served in the Peace Corps in Iran from 1973 to 1975. Photographs of Iran still scroll through on his work computer to this day, telling of how special this time in his life truly was to him. After the Peace Corps, Jim started his career in architecture in Huntington, WV, after which he moved to Chattanooga to work for Jack Tyler Architects. In 1979, Jim joined Selmon T. Franklin Associates, Architects, Inc. and served as a principal, director, and corporate treasurer. During Jim’s career as an architect in Chattanooga, he served as the project architect for many notable landmark structures in the Chattanooga area including the EPB Corporate Office Building, the Baylor School Chapel and Fieldhouse, the Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, the fellowship hall for Church of the Good Shepherd, the main offices of the Cherokee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and the sanctuary for Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church. He also served as the architect for a master plan of all of TVA’s fossil fuel and hydro plants. Jim was known by his friends as a generous, quiet, thoughtful, and private person in life who held his opinion until asked, at which time he would share profound insights and wisdom about politics, religion, and other topics. Jim was well known by his clients, peers, and contractors for his thoroughness and technical competence in architecture, whether it was the proper detailing of gothic stone trim profiles or the technical connections of granite slabs on the steel frame of a modernist building. As described by his colleagues, his attention to detail was on par with the best architects in the state. The claim that his documents were incomplete or less than perfect brought out a hidden competitiveness that was rarely seen. Jim is preceded in death by his parents. Survived by brother Glenn Fisher (Vivian) and sisters Harriet Jenkins (Robert) and Susan Butefish (Kurt); nieces and nephews Dale Fisher (Elizabeth), Christi Shields (Jason), John Fisher (Christy), Courtney Woods (Phil), Kerri King (Jeff); and great nieces and nephews Leigh and Ethan Shields, Preston and Clint Fisher, Ella, Parker, Memphis, and Owen Woods, Rilie and Kenedy King, Chloe and Ella Gibson, and great-great niece Braelyn Good, as well as many special friends including Taylor Harvey and his Franklin Architects family. Jim was a member of the First-Centenary United Methodist Church, the University of Tennessee Alumni Association, AIA (American Institute of Architects), and the Sports Barn. A family graveside service is planned at the Asbury Cemetery near Rural Retreat, Virginia. Further arrangements in Chattanooga will be announced later. To honor Jim, feel free to continue his legacy of giving with a donation to your favorite charity. Arrangements entrusted to Lane Funeral Home 601 Ashland Terrace Chattanooga, Tennessee 37415 www.Lanefh.com (423) 877-3524.

Published September 2, 2022