Obituaries

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Barbara Jean Norris Rowland, age 82, of Huntsville, AL, will be held at 10 AM on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Campbell Cemetery, with Bro. James Strope officiating.  There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service....

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Ruth Lombard, age 80, of Cohutta, GA, formerly of Alabaster, AL, will be held at 12 PM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at the Rock Family Worship Center in Fayetteville, TN.  Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until the...

Funeral service for Ms. Genie Fae Wade, age 47, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2021, at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Genie was born on February 24, 1974, in...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. John Lanier Gill, Jr. age 83 of Fayetteville, TN. A private graveside service will be held on the family farm. John was born on May 7, 1938, in Lincoln County, TN to the late John and Laura Mai Thomas Gill, Sr. He was a...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Barry W. West, age 65 of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 3 pm on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Lebanon Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Barry was born on June 12, 1956,...

Graveside Funeral Service for Mr. Curtis Harold Womack age 82 of Fayetteville will be conducted on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 2:30 pm at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. John Sanders officiating. Harold was born on April 8, 1939, in Lincoln County, TN to the late Edgar...

It is regret we announce the passing of Joe Loyd Swing age 84 of Fayetteville, TN. Graveside services were conducted at Wright’s Cemetery. Joe was born September 26, 1936 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Robert Elijah and Susie Askins Swing. He was a member of the...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Clayton Thomas, age 98 of Fayetteville, TN. Graveside services were conducted at Booneville Cemetery. Clayton was born on December 5, 1922 in Lincoln County, TN to the late William and Dora Warren Thomas. He was a...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Margie Davis Whorley Crane, age 97, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Old Orchard Cemetery.  There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Margie was born on July 12, 1924...

A funeral service for Mrs. Carla Louise Wood, age 44 of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 11 am at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Nichols and Bro. Danny Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Carla was born on...

Funeral service for George Timothy “Tim” Morrison, age 66, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Barnes Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be George Morrison, David Boggs, Ben...

Graveside funeral service for Mr. William Thomas “Bill” Hensley, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Wayne Hollingsworth officiating. Bill was born on April 28, 1948 in Lincoln...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Kailin Aurielle Bledsoe of Fayetteville, TN. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, August 21st at Higgins Funeral Home with Doug Allen officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until the time...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Sgt. First Class (Ret.) Jacob Dennis Jones, US Army, age 80 of Hazel Green, AL. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Friday, August 20 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bishop Eric Cowan, Gilford Thompson, Debbie Hansen,...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Billy Sanders age 81 of the Hot Rock community in Fayetteville, TN. There will be a private graveside service at Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Sanders was born July 9, 1940 in Fayetteville, TN to the late Alton B. and Era Ozelle...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Wanda Faye Ridge age 80 of Hazel Green, AL. Graveside service will be conducted at 11 AM on August 16, 2021 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Reverend Father George Panthananickal and Chaplin Randy Evers officiating. There...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Susan Carroll Juengel age 68 of Fayetteville, TN. Susan was born on December 17, 1952 in Asheville, North Carolina to the late Glen E. and Pauline Allen Carroll, Sr. She passed away on August 6, 2021. Susan was a true...

Mr. W.K. (Dick) Whitmore, Jr. age 90, passed away on August 9th, 2021. A native of Lima, Ohio and resident of Fayetteville, TN for 58 years, he was the son of the late W.K. and Lillian Mae Shaffer Whitmore, Sr. Mr. Whitmore was the former owner of Elk Yarn Mills; he...

Mr. Tony Ray Tipps, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Tipps was born on January 18, 1952 in Lincoln Co., TN to the late Carl Milton and Ruby Ellen Winsett Tipps. Tony was a graduate of Lincoln County High...

Graveside service for Mr. Clifford Doyle Johnson, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday August 6, 2021at 10am at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Andy Erwin officiating. Clifford was born April 26, 1933 in Lawrenceburg, TN, to the late Odes and...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ellen Jean Black, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN. Ellen was born on March 10, 1952 in Queens, NY to the late Marion Ray and Wanda Marie Wasson Black. She passed away, in her sleep, on August 1, 2021 at her residence. Ellen...

Dorothy “Dot” Howell, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on August 1, 2021. Dot was born in the Howell Community in Lincoln County, TN on August 7, 1927, to the late Clark and Mildred Thomas. Mrs. Howell was happily married to the late Lindsey “Buddy” Howell,...

Graveside funeral service for Debbie Reeves Sullenger, age 65, of Tullahoma, TN will be held at 3 PM on Friday, July 30, 2021 at Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until 2 PM on Friday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, TN. Debbie...

Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Sue Wright Sullivan passed away on July26, 2021 after a good life of 98 years. Sue was born on April 28, 1923 in Lincoln County to the late Henry Grady Wright, Sr. and Aline McNatt Wright. She was happily married to...

Graveside service for Mrs. Betty Sue Thweatt Howard, age 75, of Madison, AL, will be held at 10:00 AM EST on Friday, July 30, 2021 at Chattanooga National Cemetery (1200 Bailey Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404). There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service....

Funeral service for Mr. Bobby Goodrich Barnes, age 85, of Dellrose, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at McBurg First Baptist Church with Bro. Mike Johnson and Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in the Barnes Cemetery. Visitation...

Funeral service for Ms. Nancy Bess Hopkins Harton, age 89, of Huntsville, AL, will be conducted at 1 PM on Friday, July 23, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Hale officiating. Burial will follow in the Stateline Cemetery, beside her husband, Vance Harton....

Graveside service for Mrs. Ruby Doris Brown Perry, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday July 17, 2021 at 11 AM at Riverview Memorial Gardens, with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Beloved mother and grandmother, Ruby Doris Perry (known as Doris),...

Corinne Redd Stone, age 89, passed away on July 9, 2021 at Donalson Care Center, after a long illness. She was born on May 28, 1932, near Petersburg, TN, to the late James Ross and Gladys Haislip Redd. Mrs. Stone was a graduate of Central High School in Fayetteville,...

Funeral service for Mrs. Cynthia Loucille Garrison, “Cyndi”, age 59, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell and Bro. Jason Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery in...

William Walter Burton, Jr. (“Bill”) died July 1, 2021 of natural causes, surrounded by family. A native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, Bill was born on July 23, 1941 to William Walter Burton, Sr. and Francis Drennan Burton. He graduated as the salutatorian from Lincoln...

Funeral service for Mr. Aaron George Jennings, III, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Hale and Jason Simmons officiating. Burial will follow in the Champ Cemetery. George was born...

Felix Wayne Thompson, 82, of Huntsville, passed away at Huntsville Hospital on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Wayne is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marie, his two daughters Patricia Bolton (Richard) and Debbie Thompson (Doug Blake) and his brother, Derrick (Shirley)....

It is with regret that we announce the passing of MSG (Ret.) Earl Thomas Warmath, U.S. Army, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Phillip...

Vivian Baucom Laird passed away Saturday, June 26, 2021. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, on July 22, 1922, Vivian was the daughter of L.T. Baucom and Allie Barnes Baucom. She graduated from Rison School where she was an accomplished basketball player. As an adult, she...

Funeral service for Mr. Charles Ray “Charlie” Thorpe, age 82 of Dellrose, TN will be conducted Tuesday June 29, 2021 at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery beside his wife Moyoko Thorpe. Charles was...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Sallie Nell Winsett, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 PM on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Mrs. Winsett was born June 15, 1946 to...

Earle Hopkins Jones III passed away on June 17, 2021 at the age of 71. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Northern Virginia, Earle was the son and grandson of Fayettevillians with whom he shared a name. His grandfather Earle Sr. was the manager of the Fayetteville...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Joyce Ann Forrester Davis Grimes, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 PM on Monday, June 21, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Clardy officiating. Burial will follow in...