Paintsville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements for Gene Elwood Fairchild, 58, of East Point, who died September 12,2000. Mr. Fairchild was born November 23, 1941, in Johnson County to Erie Fairchild of Oil Springs and the late Eugene Fairchild. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors also include two sons, Gregory Fairchild of West Point and Michael Fairchild of Shepherdsville; one daughter, Tammy Wilkinson of Centralia, Illinois; four brothers, Bill, Eual, Denzil and Gary Fairchild, all of Oil Springs; four sisters, Jewell Salyers of Paintsville, Loretta Holden of Louisville, Donna Morgan of Anna, Illinois, and Diana Blanton of Oil Springs; and seven grandchildren. Officiating at services on September 16 at Paintsville Funeral Home Chapel was Elder Kenny Pelphrey. Burial followed in Fairchild Cemetery at Oil Springs.