Obituaries

Funeral service for Dorothy Virginia Corder, age 96, of Kelso, TN will be held at 12 PM on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Kimery officiating.  Burial will follow in the Campbell Cemetery. Dot was born on May 6, 1925 in...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Richard John Barrett, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN. Rich was born on July 14, 1942, in Philadelphia, PA to the late Mortiner and Lorna Cabe Kahn. Mr. Barrett passed away on November 19, 2021 at Lincoln Manor, surrounded by...

Funeral service for Kathy Elesia Ferguson, age 68, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating.  Burial will follow in the Prospect Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to...

Funeral service for Connie Ross, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 1 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Doud officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 am to 1 pm at Higgins. Connie was born June 23, 1956,...

Funeral service for Elizabeth Ann Hill Mitchell, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ron Arrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Wright’s Cemetery. Elizabeth was born on October...

Funeral service for Mary Valma Slayton, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating.  Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery. Mary was born on January 6, 1935 in...

Funeral service for Jerry Wayne Simms, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Sunday, November 14 at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from Noon until 2 pm...

Funeral service for Kimberly Watson Cagle, age 60, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted on Friday, November 12, 2021, at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Graveside service for Mary Elizabeth Smith Rowell, age 88 of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 1 pm at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Reverend Philip Bunch officiating. Mary was born January 30, 1933, in Lincoln County, TN to the late...

David Curry Pitts, 87, passed away on October 27, 2021, after a long illness. He is better known as Bucky Pitts, and he received his nickname after his dad, Buck Pitts. Mr. Ralph Askins, late of Fayetteville, Tennessee, gave him the nickname during a football...

Funeral service for Donna Sharon Pitts, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 12 pm on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Campbell Cemetery. Donna was born August 5, 1952, in Fayetteville,...

A memorial service for Thomas Paul Holdmeyer, age 75, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at St. Anthony Catholic Church. There will be no visitation prior to the memorial service. Tom was born on December 29, 1945, in Washington,...

Funeral service for Ronnie Lester Hastings, age 70, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Haynes officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5...

Margaret Wandalene Raby Carter, age 89, passed away October 22, 2021, at Willow Branch Health & Rehabilitation in McMinnville, TN. She was born March 22, 1932, to John Thomas and Laura Warren Raby and grew up in the Chestnut Ridge community in Lincoln County, TN....

Graveside funeral service for Mary Osgood Beck, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Mary was born on December 17, 1940, in Sarasota, FL to the late Henry...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. John Clyde George, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at Prospect Cemetery with Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Visitation with the family will be...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Melson Gray Chapman, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN.  Melson was born on December 8, 1956 in Fayetteville, TN and passed away on October 19, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, October 23, 2021...

Graveside service for Teresa Jean Willingham age 60 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 1:30 pm on Sunday, October 24, at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 11 pm until 1 pm on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home. Teresa was born on...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Anne Mary Callahan, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Anne was born on September 17, 1926, in Meadville, PA to the late James Peter and Veronica Agnes Hamilton Mizner. She...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of James Ray “Red” Sims, age 84 of Fayetteville, TN. Private services will be conducted at a later date. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of James Ray Sims.

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Jennifer Justice Hastings, age 51, of Fayetteville, TN. There will be a private graveside service at Storey Cemetery. Jenni was born on February 20, 1970, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She worked for many years as a cook,...

Graveside service for Michael Cole Sumners, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Saturday, October 23, at 12:30 pm at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Reverend Philip Bunch officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 am until 12 pm on Saturday at...

Bobby Edwin Ferguson, 87 of Athens, AL (formerly of Fayetteville, TN), passed away on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021, at his daughter’s residence. Mr. Ferguson was born on April 8th, 1934, to Carroll Ed and Ellan Jones Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson is survived by his children...

Funeral service for Jeffry Wayne Smith, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at 6 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman, Keith Kilpatrick, and Tommy Hampton officiating. Burial will be on Monday, October 11, 2021, at 10 am...

Funeral service for Reverend James Kirkland Smith, known as Kirk, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 3 PM on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Tubb and Lawrence Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow in the Kelso...

Funeral service for Mr. Louie Vern Bright, age 60, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted on October 10, 2021, at 1 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Kathy Bryson, Deacon George Bright, and Deacon Robert Bright officiating. Visitation with the family will be at...

Funeral service for Mrs. Sharlie Sue St John Rein, age 86 of Fayetteville, TN will be October 11, 2021, at 1 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ben Bailey officiating. Visitation with the family will be on October 11, 2021, from 11 am to 1 pm at Higgins Funeral...

Graveside service for Sarah Carol Hardin, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on October 3, 2021, at 4 pm at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Carol was born on July 12, 1941, in Lincoln County, TN. She worked as a bookkeeper for Elk...

A funeral service for Mrs. Jewell Dean Wilson Painter, age 86 of Flintville, TN will be held on September 26, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home at 3pm with Joe Young and Raleigh East officiating. Burial will follow at Flintville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral service for Mr. Friedrich Otto Prante, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Cleo Moon officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery, beside his first wife, Nellie...

A funeral service for Mrs. Betty Jean Dunivan, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 3 pm on September 20, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Gerald Todd and Janice Lee officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be September...

Eleanor Edith Cantrell Helton, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, September 14 at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville.  She was born to Ernest Aubrey (Jack) and Gladys Cross Cantrell in Knoxville in 1934.  She grew up in Knoxville where she met and married...

Funeral service for Mr. Harold David Bradford, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith and Jeff Stovall officiating.  Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery.  Visitation...

A funeral service for Mrs. Patricia Gaye Schumacher, age 66, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1 pm on September 20, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ley Jean and Trent Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with...

A funeral service for Donna Marie Howell age 66 of Fayetteville, TN will be held on September 18, 2021, at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mitchell Gardener officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Donna was born March 13, 1955, in Lincoln County,...

William Lewis Robinson was born on March 27, 1996, in Huntsville, Alabama, to Randy and Melanie Robinson. He grew up with a love for the outdoors on the family property in Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he enjoyed hunting, hiking, and exploring the land with his...

A memorial service for Mr. Carl Kinkle, Jr. age 76 of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 7 PM on Friday, September 17, 2021, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann and Ray Fraley officiating.  Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until 7 PM on Friday at...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Rhonda Jean Hodge Lowman, age 68 of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at 1 pm at Washington Street Church of Christ with Bro. Jim Black and Valerie Medley...

A graveside funeral service for Keith Samuel Jones, age 72, will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, 40 Pleasant Grove Road, Fayetteville, with Bro. Paul Clayton and Bro. Adam Ragland officiating.  Family and close...