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William Howard Clevenger, Jr.

William Howard Clevenger, Jr.

Funeral service for William Howard Clevenger, Jr. age 64, of Elora, TN, will be conducted at 2 pm on Sunday March 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mitchell Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on...

Nina Ruth Golden Warren

Nina Ruth Golden Warren

Nina Ruth Warren, age 90, of Flintville, TN, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. Mrs. Warren was born on October 17, 1933, in Lincoln County, TN, to the late Thomas J. Golden and Jessie B. Clark Golden. She retired...

Michael Eron Tinney

Michael Eron Tinney

Funeral service for Michael Eron Tinney, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on March 16, 2024, at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Fowler officiating. A private burial will follow at the Tinney Farm Cemetery with family. Visitation with...

Dwight Sims Winsett

Dwight Sims Winsett

Dwight Sims Winsett, 69, of Flintville, TN, passed away March 3, 2024, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Victoria and Sarah; his brother Joseph Allen Winsett, Jr; and his adopted family, Faron and Celina Matthews and...

Philip Wyane Bolander

Philip Wyane Bolander

Funeral service for Philip Wyane Bolander, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hudson and Bro. Ley Jean officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

Guy Shull Patrick

Guy Shull Patrick

In loving memory of Guy Shull Patrick, a devoted cattleman and farmer whose faith in Jesus Christ was the guiding light of his life, passed away peacefully on, March 1st, 2024, at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, TN. Guy was born on March 2nd, 1957, in...

Robert “Bob” Leon Hancock

Robert “Bob” Leon Hancock

Funeral services for Robert “Bob” Leon Hancock, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Emerson Wiles and Chad Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Sheran Kay Vaughn

Sheran Kay Vaughn

Sheran Kay Vaughn (Belshe), aged 79, formerly of Cambridge, Maryland, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Sheran's journey began in New Mexico, where she spent her childhood. As a young married...

Dr. James E. Deaton

Dr. James E. Deaton

FAYETTEVILLE, TN – Dr. James E. Deaton, age 59, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.  Dr. Deaton was born August 23, 1964, in Elizabethton, TN and is a son of Val Deaton and the late James D. Deaton. Dr. Deaton received a degree in Biological...

James Harold Rigsby

James Harold Rigsby

Funeral service for James Harold Rigsby, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3 PM Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM...

Joseph Patrick McNeal “Joey”

Joseph Patrick McNeal “Joey”

Funeral service for Joseph Patrick McNeal “Joey”, age 55, of Flintville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Derrick Moose officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with...

Bobbie Joe Land

Bobbie Joe Land

Funeral service for Mr. Bobbie Joe Land, age 84, of Section, AL, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Randall Harper officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Jeffrey Wayne Dye

Jeffrey Wayne Dye

A life celebration for Jeffrey Wayne Dye, age 62, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM until 3 PM on Saturday at Higgins. Jeff was born on June 30, 1961, in...

Bob Randall “Randy” Wolaver

Bob Randall “Randy” Wolaver

It is with both sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Bob Randall “Randy” Wolaver of Smyrna, Tennessee. Randy passed away peacefully with family by his side and into the loving arms of Jesus on February 8, 2024, at the age of 82 years. Randy will be...

Jeanne Sweeney Mills

Jeanne Sweeney Mills

Funeral services for Mrs. Jeanne Sweeney Mills, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Ron Wood officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

Charles Dickey Bingham

Charles Dickey Bingham

A graveside service for Charles Dickey Bingham, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at Noon on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville, TN. Visitation with family and friends will be from 10am until 11am on Thursday at Higgins. Charlie...

LTC Ret. Michael H. Magee, US Army

LTC Ret. Michael H. Magee, US Army

It is with regret we announce the passing of LTC Ret. Michael H. Magee, US Army. LTC Magee was born on July 13, 1935, in New Orleans, LA, and passed away on February 4, 2024, in Fayetteville, TN. Michael proudly served his country for 21 years in the US Army. He was...

Thomas Alexander Taylor

Thomas Alexander Taylor

A graveside service for Thomas Alexander Taylor, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 9:30am on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Chad Hancock and Donnie Browning officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to...

Paula Ann White

Paula Ann White

Paula Ann White, 65, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, peacefully passed away on February 3, 2024, at her residence with her husband and son by her side after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was a loving wife and mother. Paula was preceded in death by her...

Frances Vann Mathis

Frances Vann Mathis

Graveside service for Mrs. Frances Vann Mathis, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 3:30pm on Friday, February 2, 2024, at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 1pm until 3pm on Friday at...

James David “Dale” Wheeler

James David “Dale” Wheeler

Funeral service for James David “Dale” Wheeler, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, February 2, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in State Line Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5pm until 8pm on Thursday,...

Brenda Joyce Hicklen Laten

Brenda Joyce Hicklen Laten

Funeral service for Brenda Joyce Hicklen Laten, age 78, of Rainbow City, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm...

Freda Annette Brooks Monks

Freda Annette Brooks Monks

Freda Annette Brooks Monks, 82, of Lincoln County, Tennessee, passed away January 27, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Freda was born November 22, 1941, in Madison County, Alabama to the late A.D. Brooks and Grace Winsett Brooks. Freda graduated from Flintville...

Samuel Hunter Darnell

Samuel Hunter Darnell

Samuel Hunter “Sam” Darnell, a 22-year-old Business Management graduate from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga passed away on the 22nd day of January, 2024 from injuries sustained in a car accident. His mother’s precious one and only boy, Sam was born August 11,...

Mary Elizabeth Mills Perdue

Mary Elizabeth Mills Perdue

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mills Perdue, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Perdue was born November 22, 1936, in Knox County, KY to the late Carnes and Escilene Jackson Mills. She passed away January 22, 2024, at her home, surrounded by...

Esther L. Colf

Esther L. Colf

Esther Louise Colf, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on January 20, 2024, at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. Mrs. Colf was born on January 8, 1927, in Worcester, MA, to the late Joseph and Catherine Maloney Palmieri. She moved wit her family to...

Bobby Wayne Laten

Bobby Wayne Laten

Bobby Wayne Laten, age 84, of Lincoln County, TN, passed away on January 20, 2024, at Donalson Care Center, with his beloved wife by his side. Bobby was born on June 9, 1939, in Fayetteville, TN to the late Lamon Milton Laten and Lillian Thomas Laten. Bobby was a 1957...

Tom Walton

Tom Walton

Thomas Peyton Walton, IV, 69 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on Jan. 19th after complications from by-pass heart surgery. Tom was born in Tampa, FL on Jan. 14th, 1955.  Preceding in death are his parents, Dr. Thomas Peyton Walton III and Marie Montgomery Walton,...

Paul David Shelton

Paul David Shelton

Funeral service for Paul David Shelton, Sr., age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Marilyn Joyce Hopkins

Marilyn Joyce Hopkins

We regret to announce the passing of Marilyn Joyce Hopkins, age 72, of Taft, TN. Joycewas born March 17, 1951, in Topeka, KS to the late Earl and Mary Wemmer Hudgens.She retired from Bellsouth-AT&T as part of the engineering department, and she was amember of...

Chester Edward Tidwell

Chester Edward Tidwell

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Chester Edward Tidwell, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Tidwell was born July 31, 1947, in Nashville, TN to the late Emmett Keith Tidwell and Dorothy Jean Dorton Tidwell. He passed away January 15, 2024, at...

Thurman (Junior) Hicks, Jr.

Thurman (Junior) Hicks, Jr.

Funeral Service for Thurman (Junior) Hicks, Jr. of Hazel Green, AL will be conducted on Monday, January 22, 2024, at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Ennis Hyman and Bridget Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in the Charity Cemetery. Family will receive...

Bryan Kennedy

Bryan Kennedy

Funeral service for Robert Bryan Kennedy, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 4 PM on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Craig Carmichael officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 2 PM until 4 PM on Thursday at Higgins...

James (Jim) Dickey Brown

James (Jim) Dickey Brown

James (Jim) Dickey Brown went to his Heavenly home at 3:33 AM on January 7, 2024, after a lengthy illness. He was strong till the end and defied the odds many times. He died peacefully at Vanderbilt Harton Hospital in Tullahoma, TN, with his wife and three children...

Hilton Sullivan

Hilton Sullivan

Funeral service for Mr. Hilton Sullivan, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1pm on Monday, January 8, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Philip Bunch and Pastor Seth Philbrick officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation...

Billy Gerald Slayton

Billy Gerald Slayton

Funeral service for Billy Gerald Slayton, age 84, of Huntsville, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Minick and Rev. Curtis Silcox officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant...

Charles Lester Clark

Charles Lester Clark

Funeral service for Charles Lester Clark, age 87, of Taft, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Berry officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be...

Billy Joe Evans

Billy Joe Evans

Funeral service for Billy Joe Evans, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Donnie Browning officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM...

Leeo Gerald Moon

Leeo Gerald Moon

Funeral services for Leeo Gerald Moon, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11am on Friday, December 29, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home and Bro. Ed Johnson and Bro. Cleo Moon officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

Robert Gerald Cooper

Robert Gerald Cooper

It is with regret we announce the passing of Robert Gerald Cooper (Jerry), age 77, of Fayetteville, TN. Jerry was born on August 3, 1946, in Jefferson County, TX to the late Charles Franklin Cooper and Ada Belle Cooper. He proudly served his country in the US Marine...