Former Grovetown City Councilwoman Dr. Deborah Fisher has passed away, Grovetown officials have announced.
On Monday morning the city posted a notice on social media that Fisher died on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Fisher, the first African American to be elected to Grovetown’s city council, began her tenure with the council in 2018. City officials, in its announcement, highlighted Fisher’s advocacy for employee rights during her time on the council, call her “a wonderful representative for our employees in public works.”
Fisher stepped down from her seat in 2023, after serving two terms, to launch her campaign for mayor of Grovetown. Before that she was the program director at ResCare’s Arbor Education and Training workforce program in Augusta, and served on Grovetown’s Planning Commission.
The Washington, D.C. native enlisted in the Army after high school, serving as a combat medic and ultimately as Department Manager of Ambulatory Nursing at Eisenhower Army Medical Center on Fort Gordon.
After retiring from the military, Fisher earned her doctorate in Public Health, with a concentration in Epidemiology, from Walden University, having already obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees — in General Management and Public Health Administration, respectively.
Fisher had lived in the city of Grovetown for 27 years. Her husband, Comm. Sgt. Maj. Jonathan Fisher, died in 2021.
The post indicated that Fisher is to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The City of Grovetown is to place a memorial wealth outside City Hall on Tuesday.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter covering general reporting for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com
