Frances Early Worsham Fair, age 94 of Ruffin, passed away on Saturday morning, August 31, 2019 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County.

A graveside service will be held 11 am Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at Ruffin Cemetery. The family will meet at other times at the Worsham Home, 2101 Lick Fork Creek Rd. Ruffin.  Mrs. Frances will be availible at Fair Funeral Home for viewing, Sunday afternoon, Monday all day, until about 9:30 am on Tuesday,  anyone can come by and pay their respects and sign the register book.

Frances was born March 24, 1925 to the late Cabel and Josie Fowlkes Early.  She was a graduate of Ruffin High School.  She was a faithful member of Ruffin United Methodist Church and a member of  the United Methodist Women.

Frances was preceded in death along with her parents by her husbands, James Judson Worsham II and later James M. Fair, Sr.; son, James “Jim” J. Worsham III; siblings, Evelyn E. Burger, Rebecca E. Perkins, Kitty E. Milam, Josie E. Williams Fowlkes, Carter E. McKinney, Cabel Early, Paul Early, Mary E. Pryor, W.R. Early and James C. Early;

Surviving are daughter in law, Judy Slaydon Worsham; grandchildren, Amanda Worsham Vernon and husband, Russell and Amber Worsham Neal and husband Keith; great grandchildren, Carter Vernon, Blaklea  and Kimber Neal; and the children of James M. Fair,  who loved her dearly.

Memorials to RUMC Cemetery Fund, 237 Worsham Mill Rd. Ruffin, NC 27326 c/o Bob Wharton. or to Hospice of Rockingham County, Po Box 281 , Wentworth, NC 27375.

Special thanks to the staff of  Brookdale of Eden and Reidsville and also the staff at Hospice Home.

Online condolences may be offered to www.fairfuneralhome.com