| 14. | David L. Fair was born on 2 Mar 1874 in Carter County, , , Tennessee (son of Jackson C. Fair and Ellen W. Fletcher); died on 12 Dec 1942 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Carter County Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
"Elizabethton Star," Saturday, December 12, 1942
DAVID FAIR
David Fair, (better known as Friday Fair) well known resident of Elizabethton died at his home on First street early this morning.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Freewill Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock with the Rev. Clarence Howington in charge. Interment will be in the Carter cemetery (Siam Road).
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. David Fair; four daughters, Mrs. Mae Burrow, Mrs. Jack Walker, and Mrs. Retta Heaton, all of Elizabethton, and Mrs. Troy Bowers, Siam; four brothers, James Fair, of California, John, Nome, and William Fair, Elizabethton; three sisters, Mrs. Rufus Miller, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Nat Honeycutt, of Indiana, and Mrs. Marion Forbes, Elizabethton; also 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Fair was a member of the Freewill Baptist church.
Pall-bearers[sic] and flower-bearers[sic] will be selected from friends attending the funeral.
The body will be removed from the North Funeral Home to the family residence on First street this afternoon.
David married Margaret "Maggie" Merritt on 3 Feb 1895 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of John Merritt and Susan Hays) was born about 1876 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 Aug 1957 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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