The Rev. Horace Walton Fairbrother, retired priest of the Diocese of Maryland, died of a stroke on Dec. 6 in Liberty, TX. He was 82.

Fr. Fairbrother was born in Beaumont, TX. He was educated at Rice Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of the South. He was ordained priest in 1950. Fr. Fairbrother served parishes in Hearn, TX, and Baltimore, MD. In the Diocese of Maryland he served on the committee on canons and diocesan council. He retired in 1978. Fr. Fairbrother is survived by his wife, Helen, four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.