Mrs. Ozell ‘ Maw Maw” Fairburn a loving mother, grandmother & great-grandmother passed away at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the Regency Hospital of Covington. She was 86, a native and resident of Spring Creek. Mrs. Ozell was a lifelong member of Spring Creek Baptist Church.She is survived by 2 sons, Darrell Fairburn and wife Tish, Spring Creek; Jerry Fairburn and wife Sharon, Southaven, MS; daughter in law, Carol Fairburn, Spring Creek; 9 grandchildren, Darren Fairburn and wife Sharon, Scott Fairburn, Steve Fairburn, Brandon Fairburn and wife Breanne, Tammy Fairburn, Kevin Fairburn, Lynette Edwards, Angie Fairburn and Stacey Fairburn; 10 great- grandchildren and numerous nieces & nephews.
Preceded in death by her parents, Huey and Myrtis Jane Simmons Gill, husband, Woodard Fairburn, 2 sons, Roger Fairburn & Gerald Fairburn, 5 sisters, Merlie Varnado, O. V. Kennedy, Ona Schillings, Chloe Bateman and Mavis Ditto, 2 brothers, G. H. Gill and C. W. Gill.
Visitation will be at the Spring Creek Baptist Church, on Thursday, September 24, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday, September 25, 2009 at the Spring Creek Baptist Church from 8:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 11:00 a.m. with Dr. Danny Smith officiating. Interment at Spring Creek Cemetery.
McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is in charge of arrangements.
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