CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Donald J.S. Fair, 21 Apr 2005
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WYOMING, Del. -- Master Sgt. USAF Retired Donald J.S. Fair, 75, of Wyoming,
died Thursday, April 21, 2005, at Bay Health/Kent General Hospital, Milford.

Mr. Fair was born December 26, 1929 in Elizabethton, Tenn., the son of the
late Samuel and Lillie Humphries Fair.

Mr. Fair served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 27 years, retiring in
1974. He served in Germany, France and Korea, as well as various stateside
assignments, and retired from Dover Air Force Base. His medals include the
Berlin Airlift Device, Medal for Humane Action, Army Occupation Medal with
Germany Clasp, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korea Service Medal.

Before joining the Air Force, Mr. Fair was a platen pressman for the
Elizabethton STAR in Elizabethton, Tenn., from 1944 to 1946. He was an avid
reader and enjoyed following current and political events, and was a past
umpire with the Camden-Wyoming Little League. He was a member of the Air Force
Sergeants Association and the Disabled American Veterans.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Louise Fair; three daughters and sons-
in-law, Donna and Nels Berdahl, Boiling Springs, Pa., Kathy Fair and Chip
Scanlan, St. Pete's Beach, Fla., and Margie and Tom MacLeish, Wyoming, two
sons and daughters-in-law, Steve and Susi Fair, Kenton, and Fred and Kim Fair,
Dover; 10 grandchildren Sonja, Caitlin, Lianna, Michaela, Tom, Dan, Ryan,
Sean, Brandy and Sierra; and one great-grandchild, Benjamin.

sMemorial services with full military honors for Mr. Fair will be conducted at
2 p.m. Monday, April 25, in the Delaware Veterans Memorial CemeterForce Base
Museum Foundation, 1301 Heritage Road, Dover AFB, DE 19902. Letters of
condolences may be sent via www.delmarvaobits.com or
www.pippinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Pippin Funeral Home, Wyoming,
Del., (302) 697-7002.


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