August 18,1917 -October 12,2009
Margaret Sharpe Fair,92,died on October
12,2009,at The Orchard in Ridgeland,
Mississippi.Funeral services were held at
11:00 a.m.Wednesday,Oct.14th,at First
Presbyterian Church in Louisville,
Mississippi,with Rev.Bob Schwanebeck and
Rev.Scott Phillips officiating.Interment was
in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs.Fair was born August 18,1917,to Mr.
and Mrs.Elmer Clinton Sharpe of Booneville.
She graduated from Central High School in
Jackson prior to attending Millsaps College
and later graduating from the University of
Mississippi.
While at Ole Miss,she met Charles Dickson
Fair of Louisville.They were married on May
1,1940,and made their home in Louisville.
They had two daughters,Stewart Lyons Fair
Barbour and Margaret Sharpe Fair DeVries.
Mrs.Fair was a faithful member of First
Presbyterian Church of Louisville.
Mrs.Fair was preceded in death by her
husband,Charles Dickson Fair,her two
daughters,Stewart Fair Barbour and
Margaret Sharpe Fair DeVries,and a grand-
daughter,Virginia Stewart White DeVries.
Mrs.Fair is survived by her five grandchil-
dren,Margaret Fair Barbour Hurst,William
Henry Barbour,III and Charles Frank Fair
Barbour of Jackson,Mississippi,Margaret
White Moore of Upperville,Virginia,and
Katherine Fair White of Raleigh,North
Carolina,her ten great-grandchildren,and
her sister,Mrs.Robert R.Swittenberg.
Pallbearers were Johnny Fair,George Fair
Frank Fair,James Mayo,Rod Russ,and
Streety Minor.
The family requests memorials in lieu of
flowers to either French Camp Academy,1
Fine Pl,French Camp,MS 39745;or First
Presbyterian Church,121 South Columbus
Ave.,Louisville,MS 39339.
PAID OBITUARY
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