Joseph Koger Fairey II

ST. MATTHEWS - Joseph Koger Fairey II, 88, of St. Matthews, died Friday at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday November 21, 2011, at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Rev. Patricia Mayfield and Rev. James McGee officiating. Burial will follow in West End Cemetery. Family will receive friends Sunday from 5â€'7 p.m. at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home and on Monday from 12:30â€'2:30 p.m. at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Fairey III.

Mr. Fairey was born in Greenville, a son of the late Philip Washington Fairey and Isabel Strait Fairey. He retired in 1989 as president of Fairey Motor Company after 42 years as a Chevrolet dealer. He graduated with the Clemson University Class of 1944. Mr. Fairey was a charter member of the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Area Commission where he served for 36 years, and was a charter member of the Calhoun Country Club. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. Mr. Fairey served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during WW II in the Pacific Theatre and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years Elizabeth Woodside Fairey, and his twin brother, Frank Strait Fairey.

Survivors include a son, Joseph Koger Fairey III, and wife, Becky, of St. Matthews, three daughters, Ann Krulien Fairey and husband, Kerry Stewart, of Hattiesburg, MS, Elizabeth Fairey Bates and husband, Dennis, of Ridgeville, and Isabella Fairey McCall and husband, Curt, of Mt. Pleasant; two brothers, Philip Washington Fairey Jr. and wife, Harriett, of Columbia, John Gaston Fairey of Hempstead, TX; two sisters-in-law, Martha Buice Fairey of Anderson, and Ann Woodside Whetstone of Prosperity; 12 grandchildren, Katherine Fairey Reeves and husband, Bart, of Charlotte, NC, Joseph Koger Fairey IV and wife, Addie, of Sandy Run, Tynan Lawrence Stewart, Samuel Wesley Stewart of Hattiesburg, MS, Roy Oliver McClain II of Green Pond, Erin Elizabeth McClain, Sarah Nicole Leonard, Mary Marks Leonard, all of Ridgeville, Wylie Anne McCall, Margaret Elizabeth McCall, Ches Woodside McCall and John Curtis McCall, all of Mt. Pleasant.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1808 Bridge St., St. Matthews, SC 29135 or to the Joseph K. Fairey II Endowed Scholarship at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, 3250 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118.

The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation for the support, help and loving care given by Helen Whitmore, Minnie Lou Scott, Peggy Plaskett, Gale Milhouse and Carolyn Wannamaker.

Please sign the family's online guestbook at www.dukesharleyfuneralhome.com.