Graveside services were held Monday, July 3, 2017, at Gray Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Carson, for Mr. Howard D. Fairley, 76, of Columbus, Ohio.  Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Howard D. Fairley was born to the late John and Myrtle Fairley in Carson.  She served in the U. S. Army and in the Vietnam War.  He relocated to Ohio, where he met and married Julie Ann Fairley, five children were born to this union.

He was survived by: wife, Julie Ann Fairley; children, Anthony (Teia) Henderson, Paul Jackson, III, Crystal (Bruce) Beckford, Paulette (Curt) Beckford, Howard Fairley Jr., siblings, grandchildren, many other relatives and friends.