Obituaries

It is with regret we announce the passing of Betty Ann Smith Hopper, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 10 am on Friday, January 21, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Huntsville Memory...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ernest G. Hardin, age 88, of Flintville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Elora Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5 pm...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Rebecca Arnold Colbert Legg, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Friday, January 21, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her first...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Bessie Bee Gamble Atkins, age 98, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Carter Hills Cemetery with Michael Dean and Russell Dean officiating. Visitation with the...

Funeral service for Joe David Street, age 77, of Kelso, TN will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Clardy officiating. Burial will follow in the Campbell Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Thelma Stevenson Luna, age 81, of the Boonshill Community. A graveside service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, January 17, 2022, at the Boonshill Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Thelma...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Jamie Hamilton Aldridge, age 46, of Elora, TN. Jamie was born on October 10, 1975, in Chattanooga, TN, to the late James David and Judith Camille Paige Hamilton. She passed away on January 10, 2022, at her residence. Jamie...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Tony Ray League, age 59, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Phillip Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Hill...

It is with great sorrow, yet with joy, that we announce the passing of Mike Jay Barnes on January 9th, 2022. Mike began his life in Davidson County, TN on July 11, 1981. He then migrated to good ole’ Lincoln County in adult years where he married and has been raising...

Funeral service for Floyd Edward Hill, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 7 PM on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at Higgins Funeral Home with Ricky Crabtree officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM until 7 PM on Tuesday at Higgins. Floyd, known as...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mary Stubblefield Cox, age 86, of Ardmore, TN. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville,...

Dalton Boyd Gunter (69) was born November 8, 1952, in Lakeland, FL. He passed away peacefully on January 7, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Dalton is survived by his wife, Bettie Reeves Gunter, sons Chris Gunter (Anna), Lakeland, FL, Jerad (Mandy) Gunter,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of John William Murdock, age 87, of Petersburg, TN. A funeral service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Chaplain Mike Dodrill officiating. Burial will follow in Talley...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Roger Andrew Cook, age 33, of Fayetteville, TN. The family will host a memorial service on March 26, 2022, at 1:00 PM, at Faith Fellowship Church on Hwy. 64. Andrew was born September 19, 1988, in Lincoln County, TN....

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Bettye Jean Norman Collins, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 2 pm on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Mulberry Cemetery with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. There will be no visitation with...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Donna Ruth Sisk, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN. Graveside service will be held at 1 pm on Friday, January 7, 2021, at Riverview Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Donna was...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Shelia Faye (Ray) Beard, age 74, of Fayetteville, TN. Sheila was born August 29, 1947, in Scottsboro to the late William C. Ray and Sarah Sims Ray. She passed away on January 2, 2022, at her residence. Sheila married Donald...

It is with regret we announce the passing of LaVerne Towry Campbell, age 89 of Franklin, TN, formerly of Fayetteville. A private graveside service was held at Riverview Memorial Gardens. LaVerne was born October 25, 1932, in Lincoln County, TN to the late Henry Clay...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Eloise Ann Pogue Kimbrough, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Bro. Eddie Grave officiating.  There will be no visitation prior to the graveside...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Rachel Monks Rutledge, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held Thursday, December 23, 2021, at 3:30 pm at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday from 1:00 pm to...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Shirley “Pat” Harris, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 11 am at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Ron Wood officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Felix Lavern Carter, age 67, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Lincoln Central Academy (formerly NGA) with Brian Carter and Bro. Anthony Booker officiating....

It is with regret that we announce the passing of David Alan Beddingfield, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 11 am on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Barnes Cemetery with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. There will be no visitation with...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Doris Lopez Sanders, age 88, of Huntsville, AL. Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, from 10 am until 11 am at St Anthony Catholic Church. A funeral mass will follow at 11 am with Rev....

Funeral service for Frank Samuel Lee, age 85, of Taft, TN will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at Taft Church of Christ with Bro. Brock Neubauer officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until...

Funeral service for Matilda Evangeline Fowler Franklin Parkes, age 97, of Park City, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Monday, December 13, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Franklin and Bro. Jason Caldwell officiating.  Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery....

It is with regret that we announce the death of Charles W. Parks, age 63, of Sparta, TN, formerly of the Champ community in Lincoln County. A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 13, 2021, at 11:00 am at Higgins Funeral Home with Hank Crimm officiating....

Constance Presbrey of Flintville, TN finished her journey on this earth December 6th, 2021. Born of simple means in Newport, KY on January 15, 1940, Connie was fearless, independent and headstrong. She hit her path in life with a shockwave that was felt by all she...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Dedric Andre Scruggs age 52 of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be held at Molino Baptist Church on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 11 am with Bro. Joe Self officiating. Dedric was born October 7, 1969, in Franklin,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Bobby Wayne Randolph age 55 of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 3 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Jared Pierce officiating. Visitation with the family will be on Sunday...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Patricia Faye Gleghorn, age 48, of Lincoln County, TN. A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Houston Welch and Bro. Ellis Coats officiating. Burial will...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Samuel Luke Urban, age 29, of Fayetteville, TN. Luke was born December 24, 1991, in Fayetteville, TN and passed away December 2, 2021. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 7 pm at Higgins Funeral...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Bettie Estelle Brown, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN. Estelle was born June 16, 1937, in Lincoln County, TN and passed away on December 1, 2021. Estelle is survived by her son, Darryl (Tonya) Brown of Lynnville; daughter,...

Mary “Teen” Hardin nee Copeland, 87, of Blue Island, IL, formerly of Flintville, TN, passed from this life Friday, November 26, 2021. Mary was born April 4, 1934, in Flintville to the late Daisy nee Daniel and Ernest Wilson Copeland. She devoted her life to her family...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Ann Graham Cashion, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 10 am at Park City Baptist Church with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills...

Norman D Johnston passed away on November 28, 2021, at his residence in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He was born on a farm in Possum Hollow in the Mimosa community on December 19, 1930. He was the son of Bright Johnston, a farmer, and Janie Johnston. He was preceded in...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Elsie Marie Feuchtinger Callaway, age 96, of Pensacola, FL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN. Marie was born on September 16, 1925 in Taft, TN to the late Albert Byers and Minnie Good Byers.  She passed away on November...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Loyd Beaman Helton, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN.  A graveside service will be held at 3 PM on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Barnes Cemetery, with Bro. Wayne Hollingsworth officiating.  There will be no...

Diana Lynn Peterson, age 68, of Fayetteville passed away Monday, November 22, in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her family.  Diana was born in Seattle, Washington to the late Jack R. and Elgie Mae Jones. Diana was dearly loved by all who met her and a...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Jo Athena (Jodie) Newberry, age 58, of Taft, TN. A graveside service will be held at 1pm at Blanche Cemetery on Friday, November 26, 2021. Jodie was born on November 26, 1962, in Troy, OH to Lanna Jo Mooney Jones and...