Hazel C. Fairchild died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, at River Region Medical Center. She was 86.

Mrs. Fairchild was born in Choctaw County, Miss., and had been a Vicksburg resident for the past 19 years. She was the daughter of the late John H. Coleman and Clara Rook Coleman.

Mrs. Fairchild was a retired secretary with the Mississippi State Hospital Commission in Louisville, Miss. She was a member of Hawkins United Methodist Church, the Crusaders Sunday school class and the DMA of Hawkins United Methodist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Gail F. Parker and her husband, Mike, of Vicksburg; one grandson, Craig Stephen Danczyk and his wife, Jennifer, of Vicksburg; one granddaughter, Kimberly Marie Danczyk of Hattiesburg; two great-grandchildren, Victoria Danczyk and Isabella Danczyk, both of Vicksburg; a sister, Margie Coleman of McCool; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Ben F. Fairchild; three sisters, Savannah C. Quinn, Laura C. Ballard and Etta Mae C. James; and two brothers, Joseph B. Coleman and John A. Coleman.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Riles Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Chris Young, pastor of Hawkins United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be at the Salem United Methodist Church in McCool from 1:30 p.m. Friday until the hour of the graveside service at 2:30 p.m. at the church cemetery with the Rev. Freddy Tanksley officiating.  

Pallbearers will be Leland James, Claude Quinn, J.W. Black, Forrest Loney, Rusty Bowman and Kelly Quinn.

Memorials in memory of Mrs. Hazel Fairchild may be made to the Hawkins United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3736 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.