Fairy Devore

Fairy Pauline Devore, age 88, was born March 6, 1934, in the Kettle Community of Cumberland County to the late James William (Jim) Blakley and Ellen Daniels Blakley. She passed into eternal rest on February 10, 2023 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness. She grew up in the Coral Hill community of Barren County. She was retired from Glasgow Foods. Before her health prevented it, she attended the Samson Street Church of God. Fairy is survived by her daughters, Brenda England Frazier (Wendell) and Betty England Jones; grandchildren, Jamie Frazier (Whitley), Jennifer Pielemeier (Jay), Charles Jones III (Tarren), and Anthony Jones; great grandchildren, Lynnley Frazier, Charles Jones IV, Evie and Ali Pielemeier, baby Frazier and Jesse Jones to arrive very soon; step children, David Devore (Dawn), Miranda and Boston, and Ann Devore-Birge (Christopher); brothers, Cecil (Julieanne), Arnold (Martha), James (Donita) and Charles Perry Blakley. A host of nieces, nephews, and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donnie Devore; her sisters, Ina Ruth England (Joe Henry), Reba Smith (Dewey) and Bertha Blankenship (Elmer); her brothers, Willie (Falling Leaf), J.B. (Frances), Chester (Charlotte), Odell and Raymond Blakley; the father of her children, Leslie England; stepmother, Ludie Blakley; and her sister-in-law, Clara E. Blakley. A special thanks to all her caregivers at NHC, where she resided for the past two years and to all the hospice workers and volunteers that helped at the end of her life. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, February 15th at A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home with burial in Happy Valley Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10:00 am until time for the service. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Hosparus of Southern Kentucky. A.F. Crow & Son is both honored and privileged to be entrusted with the care of Mrs. Devore. Please visit www.morrisfamilyservices.com to share your message of condolence with the family.