Obituaries

Benny Wilson Groce was born September 11, 1934, to Mr. Will and Mrs. Gladys Groce. He was raised by them in Belleville with his siblings, Evelyn, Billy, Betty Jo, and Jerry. He met his wife Rebecca “Becky” Jackson, and they became high school sweethearts, went on to...

A Celebration of Life for Valerie McCarty Bradley, age 76, of Elora, TN, will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 13, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will take place from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Friday at Higgins. Valerie was born on July 28,...

On the evening of June 6, 2025, Corbin Lynn Smith gracefully received her heavenly wings. With joy in her step and light in her soul, she walked through the gates of Heaven, twirled with delight, and leapt into the loving embrace of her father, reuniting with him in...

We regret to announce the passing of Wilma Kerbo Lynn, age 76, of Tullahoma, TN. She was born February 6, 1949, to the late Carson and Pauline Jones Kerbo. Private services are planned. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Wilma Kerbo Lynn.

Elizabeth “Betty” Johnson died June 3, 2025, at age 85. She was the daughter of the late Sterling and Ruth Fowler of Taneytown, MD. Betty attended the University of Maryland where she met and married her late husband of 50 years Paul T. Johnson. She was one of the...

Theodore James Napierala, age 85, of Kelso, TN passed from this life on June 2, 2025, at Life Care Center of Tullahoma, TN. He was born July 25, 1939, in LaPorte County, IN to the late Frank Joseph and Anna Marie Satkoski Napierala. After retiring from Bethlehem Steel...

Funeral services for Sandra Faye Watson Ivey, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2 PM on Friday, June 6, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Graveside service for Joe Douglas Gray, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Bro. Richard McWilliams officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 AM until 11 AM on Wednesday at...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Robert Bradley Haynie, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN. Family and friends are invited to gather and celebrate his life on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 2 PM to 4 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Born on February 10, 1953,...

A visitation for Mr. Jerry Lavon Cashion, age 89, of Petersburg, Tennessee, will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. A private interment will follow at Old Orchard Cemetery, at a later date. Jerry was born at home in...

Funeral services for Ron Mitts, age 51, of Taft, TN, will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Billy Moore officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation beginning at 2:00 PM until the time of service. Burial...

Randall Lee Crabtree, age 82, of Petersburg, TN, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held at 3 PM on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Jason Pagel officiating. Visitation with the...

A funeral service for Larry Eugene Meeks, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 4 PM on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Cleo Moon and Bro. Milton Martin officiating. Visitation will be from 2 PM until 4 PM on Sunday at Higgins Funeral...

Sawyer Gene Smith, beloved son, brother, grandson, great-grandson, and nephew, passed away on May 18, 2025. Born on July 30, 2023, in Columbia, TN, he was the treasured child of Baleigh Whitson Smith and the late Lane Garrett Smith. From the moment he entered the...

Lane Garrett Smith, age 23, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on May 11, 2025. Born on July 24, 2001, in Huntsville, AL, Lane was the son of Kris Smith and Kelly Johnson Smith. A 2020 graduate of Lincoln County High School, he worked as a machine operator with Lincoln...

Mary Lillian Burton, age 80, of Petersburg, TN, passed away on May 19, 2025. She was born in Lynchburg, TN on June 17, 1944, to loving parents, the late Lester and Cleo Jones Burton. Mary spent her early years in Fayetteville attending Robert E Lee School and Central...

A funeral service for Michael Anthony Wolfe, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Mike Keel officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

Evelyn Askins Brown, born Sunday September 22, 1940 (age 84+), daughter of Owen Little and Christine Ashby Askins passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. She was the example of a Proverbs 31 woman with her faith in God being the most important part of her life...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Nancy Larkins Neale, age 93, of Fayetteville, Tennessee. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM to 8 PM on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at Cerulean...

A funeral service for Charles Reece Howell, III, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM...

Funeral service for Joyce Powers Daly, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Prospect Baptist Church, with Dr. Ronnie Gay and Bro. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Funeral services for Marie Mitchell Ferguson, age 95, of Petersburg, Tennessee, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Milton Nesbitt officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. The family will receive friends on...

We regret to announce the passing of Matthew Paul Watts, age 63, of Fayetteville, TN. He was born December 13, 1961, in Chicago, IL and passed away May 1, 2025. Private services are planned. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Matthew Paul Watts.

Funeral services for Mr. Kenneth Wesley “Kenny” Ivey, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Kevin Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral service for Doris Elaine Hicklen McAlister, age 88, of Gallatin, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jason Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

Margaret Ivalynn McBride, age 85, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 18, 2025, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Private interment will take...

Norma Lee Trickey Rose, mother, grandmother, homemaker, friend, pet and nature lover, passed into her heavenly abode April 9, 2025, at her home in Fayetteville, Tennessee with her pets and loved ones at her side. Norma was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September...

A Celebration of Life honoring Ronald Lee Warren, age 63, of Huntsville, Alabama, will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, April 21, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Pastor Dave White officiating. Inurnment will follow at Lincoln Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Funeral services for Daniel Todd “Danny” Sisk, age 59, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, will be held at 12 PM on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Bro. Todd Gaskill officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. The family will...

Graveside funeral service for Nelma Dean Johnson, age 96, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at Riverview Memorial Gardens, with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Born on March...

Stanley Jay Mitchell, age 65, of Frankewing, Tennessee, passed away on April 6, 2025, at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at Bunker Hill Church of God, with Pastor Tommy Frady...

James “Wade” Williams of Petersburg passed away April 6, 2025, in Howell, TN on his farm surrounded by his loving family. Wade was a member of the Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was an avid farmer and enjoyed horses, cattle and being outdoors. After a...

A Funeral Mass for Arnold Tony Montemayor, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, April 11, 2025, at St. Athony’s Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. George Panthananickal officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the funeral mass. A life...

Cynthia Ann Whorley, a sweet and loving soul, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2025, at St. Thomas West in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by her family. Cindy, as she was affectionately known, was born on August 11, 1954, in Lincoln County, TN, to JoAnn O’Neal...

It is with sorrow we announce the passing of Doris Gentry Smith, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, who went to be with the Lord on March 24, 2025, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Doris was born on April 3, 1943, in Gordonsville, TN, to the late Hayden Evans...

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Sherri Diane Nimmo, age 53, of Fayetteville, TN. Sherri was born on February 28, 1972, in Buckhannon, WV, and passed away on March 2, 2025, at HH Lincoln Health in Fayetteville, TN. Sherri had a heart of gold and was known...

A private graveside service for Katherine Jeanell Flynn Cato, age 80, of Baileyton, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3:00 PM on Friday, March 14, 2025, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, with Doug McKelvy officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the...

A funeral service for George Robert "Bob" Farmer, Sr., 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 12 pm on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Pastor Doug Farris and Rev. Tommy Vann officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation from 11...

Frances Julene Brown Sullenger, lovingly known as Julene, went to be with her Lord on March 6, 2025, at Donalson Care Center. A devoted Christian and a dedicated servant to others, Julene spent her life working hard in various jobs, from factory positions to...

On March 9, 2025, Elizabeth Jane Warden Grishom, age 93, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior, where she is now reunited with her beloved parents. Elizabeth was born on July 12, 1931, in Moore County, Tennessee, to the late Robert...