Harmon Curtis Fayard

June 18, 2026

Harmon Curtis Fayard, 97, of Atmore, AL, passed away on June 16, 2026. He was born on June 17, 1928, in Saucier, MS, to Elam Elijah and Virilla Scarborough Fayard.

Mr. Fayard was an Army Veteran who served during the Korean campaign. Curtis built a career as a partner of Fayard Construction and later worked as Student Services Coordinator at the Alabama State Technical College Atmore Campus.

For leisure, he was an avid and well-known quail hunter. He particularly enjoyed training and watching his pointer bird dogs on the hunt. He also developed and operated a small Angus cattle hobby farm. Mr. Fayard also served as a Deacon and Committee Leader at Presley Street Baptist Church for over five decades. Mr. Fayard was known lovingly as “Pa” to his sons and “Papa” to his 5 grandchildren and spent 57 loving years with his wife.

Curtis was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Shirley Marilyn Vickery Fayard; his sister, Myrtle Walden; and his brother, Elam “E.P.” Fayard.

He is survived by his sons Greg (Kelly) Turberville of Enterprise, AL; Mike (Terri) Fayard of Seminole, AL; and Bryan (Candace) Fayard of Flomaton, AL; five grandchildren, Erin, Kaylee, Cody, Emily, and Curt; and three great-grandchildren, Arabella, Owen, and Finn.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Otis Thames and Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore, AL.

Visitation will be held on Friday, June 19, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. until service time at 2:00 p.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries