Obituaries

Willard “Ed” Edwards, born September 20, 1931, passed from this life on June 3, 2023, for his permanent heavenly home. He was the youngest of 11 children born to the late Alice Sue Hucks Edwards and William Everett Edwards. Ed was born and raised in Madison County,...

Graveside service for Raymond Junior Swinford, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Kirkland Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Raymond was born on November 18, 1942, in Fayetteville, TN to...

Funeral service for Teresa Kay Groce Reese, age 64, of the Mimosa Community, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James West officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Teresa was born on...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Pamela Jo Luna Henderson, aka Lucy, age 74, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Henderson was born on February 2, 1949, in Huntsville, AL and passed away on May 26, 2023, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Pamela...

Graveside service for Kenneth Wayne Thorpe, age 84, of Frankewing, TN will be held at 2pm on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Storey Cemetery with Rev. John Sanders officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Wayne was born January 18,...

Funeral service for Anthony Todd Jones, age 54, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David England and Grady Wright officiating. Burial will be at 2pm on Saturday at Short Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Funeral service for Thomas Harold Quick, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held on Wednesday,...

A celebration of life for Anthony Sullivan Goode, age 32, of Decatur, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rex Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the...

A memorial service for Ronald Wayne West, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 19, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 12:00 PM until the time of service on Friday at Higgins. Private interment will take...

Funeral service for Mrs. Barbara Jean Kent Gleghorn, age 86, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 2pm on Monday, May 8, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Anthony Gleghorn officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm...

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Joe Allen Smith Holt, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Holt was born October 2, 1932, in the Taft area of Lincoln County, TN to the late Hubert Farris Smith and Tennye Hardin Smith. She was raised in the Coldwater community,...

Funeral service for Kay R. Ward-Woods, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Green officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5pm until...

Funeral service for Mrs. Annette Hawthorne Stevenson, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 10am on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will...

Kaylon Jean Owens Luttrell passed away on December 1, 2022 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. She was born on August 14, 1960 in Lincoln County to Randall and Shelby Owens Brewer. As a child, Kaylon dealt with wearing braces for a condition she was born with and...

A funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Marie Spray, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Sunday, April 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery, beside her husband, William Wilson...

Funeral service for Mr. James L. “Jimmy” Daniel, age 86, of Taft, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Bates and Bro. Roger Berry officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Francis Earl Henderson, Jr., age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of Maryland. Francis was born December 30, 1940, in Potomac, MD to the late Francis Earl, Sr. and Ella Mae Linthicum Henderson. He owned and operated a...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lillie Sue Daniel, age 82, of Taft, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, April 21, 2023, at Mable Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Mike Clark and Bro. Roger Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Mr. Donald Wayne May, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Jenell Tucker and Claudia Moran officiating. Burial will follow at Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with family and...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Sara Andrea Long, age 77, of Sun City, FL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial visitation will be held from 1 PM until 3 PM on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home, in Fayetteville, TN. Andrea was born on...

Sara Deane Mills Cook, age 83 of Fayetteville, TN entered eternal life in Heaven on April 11, 2023. Sara was born on April 29, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Shielly Joe and Ruth Virginia Winford Mills. She was a member of the Harmony Hill Church of God and...

A funeral service for Birdie Lee Johnson, age 79, of the Molino Community, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11am to 1pm on Tuesday at...

Sadie Jean Gann Lyle was born December 30, 1934, in Winchester, TN to the late Oscar and Annie Campbell Gann. She was a member of Franklin County First Baptist Church. Sadie worked as a secretary and at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Public Library for many years,...

Jane Parker Brown was born February 22, 1937, to Farnelle McGee Lane and Lewis Lane.  Before her second birthday she won her first of many beauty awards.  She spent her childhood attending schools in Fayetteville, TN. She was in the graduating class of...