Monday Afternoon

Wilda Mae Traylor Fairburn Gill
(March 30, 1932 – December 22, 2008)
Died at 6:07 a.m. on Monday, December 22, 2008 at her residence in Spring Creek, LA. She was a native of Baptist, LA. Age 76 years. She made a hundred sweaters for children in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, made 80 sweaters for children in Mexico and this year made numerous afghans for hospice. She will be loved and missed by all. She is survived by her 3 daughters, Terry Bridges and husband, Randal, Tangipahoa, Jean Ricks and husband, Johnny, Bolivar and Gail Fairburn, Spring Creek; 3 sons, Mike Fairburn and wife, Susan, Spring Creek, Dickie Fairburn and wife, Barbara, Roseland and Bobby Fairburn and wife, Jo, Kentwood; 4 sisters, Nancy Loper and husband, Larry, Brookhaven, MS, Jo Ann Smith and husband, Elliott, Brookhaven, MS, Sharon Bevil and husband, John, Gramercy and Lois Leonard, Springfield; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Harold Bernard Fairburn, Sr.; son, Harold Bernard Fairburn, Jr.; parents, T. J. and Rita Traylor; 2 sisters, Bertie Ballard and Yvonne Chenevert; brother, Thomas James Traylor, Jr. Visitation at Spring Creek Baptist Church, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 12:00 Noon Tuesday. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa.