JOHN R FAIRCHILD DR. FAIRCHILD SUCCUMBS AT INEZ SUNDAY Father Of Local Woman Buried Here Tuesday Dr. John R. Fairchild, age about 75, died Sunday night at his home in Inez.  Dr. Fairchild had been ill for the past several months. Dr. Fairchild was a native of Johnson and lived in Paintsville until he finished his medical course. He moved to Inez where he practiced his professor until his death. Dr. Fairchild soon became prominent in the business and political life of Martin County and died possessed of much wealth. He was widely known throughout Eastern Kentucky. He was the son of the late William Fairchild, an old Union soldier, who died in Paintsville several years ago. Funeral services were held at Inez at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and the body brought to Paintsville where interment was made in the old Fairchild cemetery in Southside Addition where his father and mother are buried. Besides his widow, Mrs. Susan Allen Fairchild, he is survived by one, Fred Fairchild of Inez, and one daughter, Mrs. Grant Wheatley of Paintsville. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bayes, Paintsville, Mrs. Wm. Fairchild, Flora, Illinois, and one half brother, William Fairchild, Jr. of Paintsville. Dr. Fairchild was a man of many friends and a large crowd of people attended the funeral and burial. A large crowd from Martin County attended the burial here Tuesday afternoon. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY JAN 23, 1941

Permission to post Granted by  Paintsville Herald

                                    CEMETERY INDEX   BACK

                             QUESTIONS-COMMENTS-CORRECTION
                            PLEASE E-MAIL