Fairfax obituary sets June 1 memorial for Natalya A. Deloach

M.F. Riley’s Funeral Home was scheduled to host a Celebration of Life for Natalya A. Deloach at 11 a.m. Monday in Fairfax, giving friends, neighbors and family a clear place to gather after her death at 43. Deloach, who was from Fairfax, died Sunday, May 24, at PruittHealth - Estill in Estill, South Carolina.

A related obituary listing said viewing was held Saturday, May 30, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Hodges Chapel CME Church. Together, the viewing and memorial marked the main public moments for people who wanted to pay respects and support the family in person.

The notice carried particular weight in Fairfax, a small town of about 1,935 people in Allendale County. The county had a 2020 Census population of 8,039 and covers 408.1 square miles, which makes church and funeral-home announcements a central way word moves through the community. In a place that size, a death notice is not just a formality. It is the signal that a household, a church circle and a broader network of neighbors are now sharing the loss.

M.F. Riley’s Funeral Home said it has served the Fairfax community since 1966, and it listed traditional and personalized funeral services, cremation, memorial ceremonies, graveside services and funeral program design and printing among its offerings. That local continuity matters when families need to move quickly from loss to remembrance, especially with a service timeline that already included both a church viewing and a funeral-home memorial.

PruittHealth - Estill, where Deloach died, is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center at 252 Liberty Avenue South with 104 beds. For Fairfax, the death of a 43-year-old resident adds another heavy name to the town’s communal memory, and the June 1 service gave the county a final chance to gather around her life with prayer, condolence and support.