Fannie Maye Pruitt Axsom, 97, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 12, 2017, at Morehead Nursing Center in Eden.

A private graveside service will be held on Thursday at Pruitt Family Cemetery in Franklinton, NC.  The family will receive friends Thursday morning, 10 - 11 AM, at Fair Funeral Home before the family travels to the service.

Mrs. Axsom was born June 26, 1920 in Louisburg, NC, to the late Charles and Patty Howell Vaughn.  She was a graduate of Louisburg College and was the first Town Clerk of Draper before Leaksville, Spray and Draper were incorporated in 1967.  Mrs. Axsom was placed in the City Tax Office of the new city of Eden and she held the position of City Tax Collector the last 10 years she was employed by the City of Eden.  Mrs. Axsom lived in the Draper section of Eden for 50 years before moving to Kannapolis, NC to reside with her sister.  She was active in her community and with the First Methodist Church in Eden and, later, with the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kannapolis.  She, more recently, attended Woodmont United Methodist Church in Reidsville.  

She is survived by her daughter, Pamela Jean Berkley and husband, Tommy;  granddaughter, Leslie Berkley;  great-granddaughter, Melanie;  and sister, Janet Sowers of Pineville, NC.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward Pruitt and second husband, former Sheriff Carl "Buster" H. Axsom.  

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com