Obituaries

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Nathan Edward Daniel, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11:30 AM on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at Boonshill Cemetery with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 AM until 11 AM on Thursday at...

Graveside service for Ms. Retha Nan Ashby will be conducted Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 2 PM at Rose Hill Cemetery with Rev. Bruce McVey officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Retha Nan Ashby, 71, passed away Saturday, March 6,...

Funeral service for Ms. Dorothy Marie Ellis Whitehead, 99, who passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at Covenant Manor care facility will be conducted at 3 PM on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro, Ellis Coats officiating. Burial will follow in...

Graveside service for Mr. Alvin C. “Al” Meyer, age 100, will be conducted at 2 PM Sunday, March 7, 2021 at Stewart Cemetery. Alvin C. Meyer was born July 7, 1920 of Flintville, TN passed away peacefully at his home on March 4, 2021. Al was a true lover of golf, the...

Funeral service for Mrs. Carrie Buchanan Higgins, age 42 of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Kenneth Andrew Smith, 78, of Fayetteville, passed away Saturday (February 27, 2021), at St. Thomas West Hospital surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 11:00 am, at Stateline Cemetery, Hazel Green, Alabama with...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ms. Diana Brooks McBay, age 67, of Fayetteville, TN. A visitation with family to share memories is scheduled for 5 PM until 7 PM, Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home. Diana Brooks McBay passed away...

Graveside service for Mrs. Katherine Steelman Mullins, age 96, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday February 27, 2021 at 1 pm. at Booneville Cemetery. Katherine was born on January 17, 1925 in Lincoln County, TN to the late James Boone and May Johnston Terry...

Funeral service for Mr. James (J.B.) Hagan, age 85, of Huntsville, AL, will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Owen and Andrew Lyon officiating. Burial will follow at 3 PM on Saturday in Sequatchie Valley Memorial...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Dennis Ray Moore, age 62, of Fayetteville, TN. Private services will be held with burial at Wright's Cemetery. Dennis was born on September 15, 1958 in Tuscaloosa, AL to the late Ray and Peggy Scruggs Moore. He was a...

Dorothy Ann Daniel George, was born on the Scott family farm on March 12, 1932 to the late John Henry and Lena Scott Daniel. Dorothy was an only child but had so many special cousins. She attended Unity Church of Christ as a child until they moved to Fayetteville in...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Katherine Louise Slayton, known as “Sissy", age 68, of Fayetteville, TN. Katherine was born on November 23, 1952 in Munising, MI to the late William and Marjorie Somerville. She worked as a Cashier for Parsons Oil...

Funeral service for Mr. David Oliver Barnes, age 83 of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 10 AM on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Gentry officiating. Burial will follow beside his wife Carolyn Harris Barnes in Wright's...

Funeral service for Mr. Alton Franklin Sims, age 76 of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Shields and Larry Meeks officiating. Burial will follow in Sandlin Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Graveside service for James Lynn Bostick, age 82, of Petersburg will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Bostick Cemetery in Elora with Bill Reavis officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 AM until 12 PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral...

A memorial service for Charles Michael “Mike” Hopson, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Self and Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until 2 PM...

Funeral service for Mr. Donald “Don” Gary Gibson, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David England and Bro. Don Pearson officiating. Burial will follow in Rowland Hills Cemetery....

Funeral service for Ms. Lucille Maynard Jordan, age 87, of Elora, TN will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Doud officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Thomas Payne Cannon passed away on February 5, 2021 in Nashville TN. Tom was born in Guthrie KY on Dec. 29, 1938 to Cecil and Lily Cannon . He was preceded in death by a brother William Cecil Cannon. He is survived by his wife Angelia McAfee Cannon, a son Todd (Tammy)...

Funeral service for Mrs. Doris Faye Moorehead, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1:30 PM on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Doris was born on May 24,...

Funeral Service for Allan Wayne Simms, age 72 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 12 PM Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

A memorial service for Connie Cloud King, age 59, of Fayetteville will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jason Caldwell, Bro. Don Russell, and family members officiating. Burial will follow Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Funeral service for Phillip Murray Lane, age 82 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 12 PM on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ricky Pierce officiating. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Saturday...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of James Lloyd “Coach Jimmy” Ellis, age 84, of Fayetteville. A private family service has been planned with Bro. Ley Jean, J.B, Cox, Phil Barnes and Paul Barnes officiating. Jimmy was born on February 22, 1936 in...

Jean Bullington passed away in her home on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, surrounded by her children. She was 97 years old. Jean was better known as "Miss Jean" by her children's friends and as "DeeDee" by her grandchildren and great grandchildren and their friends....

Funeral service for Paul Goodrich Arnold, age 88 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Thursday from...

Mr. Sherman Roy Wiggin II passed from this Life to Glory at the age of 59, on January 25, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family. Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10 am at Fayetteville First Baptist Church, 210 Elk Avenue North,...

Graveside service for Camilla Page Douthit, age 71, of Fayetteville will be held at 1 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Shiloh Cemetery with Rev. John Sanders officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Page was born on January 22, 1950...

Graveside service for Patricia Ann Moon, age 71, of Athens, AL will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Bee Springs Cemetery with Bro. Joe Daniel Mitchell officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Ann was born on May 9,...

Funeral service for Sandra Ann Johnson Mills, age 70 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John Mills officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Graveside service for Barbara Neal Simms, age 81 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1 PM at Stewart Cemetery with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Barbara was born on July 2, 1939 in Lincoln County,...

A committal service for Dennis Nelson Hazelbaker, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church cremation garden. Rev. Patrick Soule and Rev. Tommy Vann will officiate. There will be no...

Funeral service for Ms. Doris Jeanne Pinkstaff Hamlin, age 88, of Frankewing, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Burkhalter officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Visitation with the...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Sybil L. Wells Durham, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Durham was born on July 21, 1934 to the late Greer and Katie Nell Sanders Wells. She enjoyed drinking coffee and watching soap operas. Sybil passed away on...

Funeral service for Felica Kay Bennett Spray, age 49 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Eric Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

It is with regret that announce the passing of Amy Carol Pirtle Anderson of Shelbyville, formerly of Fayetteville. There are no public services planned at this time. Amy was born on September 28, 1970 in Lincoln County, to the late George W. and Geraldine Locker...

Funeral service for Robert Michael “Bobby” Doney, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Visitation with the family will be Saturday from 11 AM until 1 PM at Higgins...

Funeral service for Mrs. Doris Marie O'Neal, age 86, of Nashville, TN, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 3 PM on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery....

Graveside service for Mr. Paul Nelson Wertman, Jr., age 81 of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 12:30 PM on Friday, January 29, 2021 at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Paul was born on December 1,...

Graveside service for Jimmy Clay Johnson, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1 PM on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Rose Hill Cemetery with Bro. Mike Johnson Officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Jimmy was born on March 10,...