Elizabeth "Beth" Dorris Fairley

8/17/2020

Elizabeth Dorris “Beth” Fairley, age 83, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to so many, passed away peacefully on August 17, 2020 with her loving family at her side.  

She loved spending time with her family, eating Cajun food, and loved to ride the backroads of Louisiana. She enjoyed life to the fullest and counted her blessings everyday. Beth was a devoted Pastor’s wife and supported Vernon’s ministry throughout their marriage. Her faith, strength and courage throughout a lengthy illness, was a testimony to her love of God.

 Those left to cherish her memory is her loving and devoted husband of 58 years, Rev. James “Vernon” Fairley, Sr.; her two children and granddaughters, who were the world to her, James Fairley, Kimberly Fairley Conrad and husband Glenn Conrad and their daughters, Alana Conrad and Madeline Conrad; and her only sister, Susan Dorris Johnson and husband Robert “BJ” Johnson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Pitner Dorris and Catherine Elizabeth Baldwin Dorris.