Jocephus Fairley
Posted: December 8, 2017
COLUMBUS — Jocephus Fairley, 80, died Dec. 2, 2017. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at M.U. Baptist Church with the Rev. Tony Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery. Visitation is from 1-6 p.m. today at Century Hairston Funeral Home. Mr. Fairley was born Nov. 20, 1937, to Robert Fairley and Ruth Hathorn Fairley. He was a graduate of Mississippi Industrial College. He was previously employed as a biology teacher with Rosenwald High School, as a coach with Hickory High School and Motley High School and with Weyerhaeuser Paper. He is survived by his son, Xavier Fairley Sr. of Columbus; daughters, Aundree Montgomery of Birmingham, Alabama, Pamela Myers of Gulfport, Thomasa Pullins of Ocean Springs and Mary Jo Fairley of Everett, Washington; sisters, Hester Easterling of Bassfield, Lois Wilkerson of Vicksburg and Katie Porter of Columbia; 15 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.