Obituaries

Graveside service for Judy Dyer Ellis, age 77, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 1:30 PM on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Old Orchard Cemetery with Bro. Doug Watt officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until 1 PM on Monday at Higgins Funeral Home. Judy...

Funeral service for Deborah Charleen Thomas, age 71, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at West End Baptist Church with Bro. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Booneville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Graveside funeral service for Brenda Sue Massey, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Friday, May 24, 2024, at Wright’s Cemetery with Bro. Chad Hancock officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Brenda was born on April...

Funeral services for Ariena Noblitt Brady, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2:30 PM on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Rich officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, May...

Funeral service for Joel Thomas Garrett, Jr., age 63, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Van Massey officiating. Burial will follow in Talley Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1pm until...

Sarah D’ion Johnson ended her battle with cancer on Sunday, May 12, 2024, a most appropriate day for a wonderful momma and granmomma to pass into the comfort of eternal rest. The cherished daughter of Melvin Don Kidd and his wife, Sarrah D Kidd (Whitley), Dion was...

Funeral services for Wiliam Eugene “Gene” Thomas, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN will be held on Monday, May 13, 2024, at West End Baptist Church with Bro. Milton Martin and Bro. Michael Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Visitation with the...

A memorial service for John Randall Tallman, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Philip Bunch officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens Columbarium. Visitation with...

Funeral service for Nellie Virginia Anderson Owens, age 93, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, May 10, 20241 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Medium Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm to 2pm on Friday at Higgins. Mrs....

Dianah L. West of Fayetteville, TN left us April 30, 2024, to be reunited with her husband of 60 years Ronald Wayne West, Sr. (07/23/1943-05/11/2023). Memorial services will be Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Steve Steelman officiating. Visitation...

Funeral service for Chris (Buck) Welch, age 62, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bob Dunnivan officiating. Burial will follow in the Welch Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM until 8 PM...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Glenda Kay Wright, age 60, of Fayetteville, TN. Glenda was born January 3, 1964, in Arizona to the late Randal Lee Howell and Marsha Susie Prater Fitch. Glenda was a registered nurse and spent most of her life caring for...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Connie A. Sprinkle, age 76, of Robertsdale, AL. Connie was born September 8, 1947, in Fayetteville, TN to the late James Lewis and Birdie Elizabeth “Betty” Pigg. She was a graduate of Lee High School in Huntsville, AL...

Funeral services for Harold Glenn Oldham, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2pm on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Kelly Wilson and Daniel Eldridge officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens beside his loving...

Graveside funeral service for Mildred Peters Hummel, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Mildred was born on June 23, 1938,...

Betty Faye Solomon Durham was born May 2, 1938, in Taft, TN to the late Lonnie and Roxie May Bond Solomon. She lived in various places with her sisters and family members throughout her teenage years such as Akron, OH, Jessup, GA, Newbern, NC, and Sarasota and Key...

Funeral service for Thomas Owen Bagley, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11am on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bruce McVey officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral service for Derrick Ray Schmidt, age 52, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Monday, April 15, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Doug Colwell officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

Roy Jones was called home to be with the Lord on April 9, 2024, at the age of 81. A lifelong resident of Fayetteville, TN, Roy is survived by his wife Judy, daughter Kim Posey and her husband Scott, son Todd Jones and his wife Mia, as well as grandson Matthew Posey...

Funeral services for Ronald Thomas Dodge, age 77, of Flintville, TN will be held at 1pm on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11am until 1pm on Friday at Higgins. Ron was...

Funeral service for Judy Griffith Fowler, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Coldwater Community Church, with Rev. Alan Shedd and Rev. Jim Curry officiating. Burial will follow in the Carter Hills Cemetery. Visitation with...

Angela Claudette Bright was born July 5, 1958, to George and Estella Bright. She worked faithfully as the church clerk at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church for 10 years. Angela was a graduate of Central High School. She was employed at Walmart and retired after 23...

The family of James Tony Patterson, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN, will host a memorial service at 2 PM on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Coldwater Community Church with Rev. Alan Shedd and Bro. Houston Welch officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM...

Funeral service for Philip Ross Gault, age 83, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Troy Green officiating. Burial will follow in the Round Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM...

Funeral service for Retired USAF MSGT James Fred Johnson, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Military Honors....

Graveside service for Bill Thomison, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2:30 PM on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Rose Hill Cemetery, with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until 2 PM on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home....

Richard Hughes McFerrin, age 78, of the Camargo Community, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2024, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Born on February 21, 1946, in Lincoln County, TN, Richard was the son of the late Thomas Andrew McFerrin and Tommie...

Funeral service for Brenda Kay Mitchell, age 64, of Dellrose, TN, will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at McBurg First Baptist Church with Bro. Timothy Scott officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5...

We celebrate and honor the life of Bobby Rex Simms, II, age 53, of Fayetteville, TN. Please join us in a gathering to honor Rex's memory on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. The service will start at 2 PM officiated by Rev. Tommy Vann. Following the...

Doris Ann May Decker, born January 29, 1938, in Lincoln County, TN passed away March 27, 2024, at NHC in Pulaski at the age of 86. Doris was the 2nd youngest and last surviving child of John Milton and Annie Eva Koonce May. Doris was a Christian, devoted wife, mother,...

Funeral service for William Howard Clevenger, Jr. age 64, of Elora, TN, will be conducted at 2 pm on Sunday March 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mitchell Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on...

Nina Ruth Warren, age 90, of Flintville, TN, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. Mrs. Warren was born on October 17, 1933, in Lincoln County, TN, to the late Thomas J. Golden and Jessie B. Clark Golden. She retired...

Funeral service for Michael Eron Tinney, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on March 16, 2024, at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Fowler officiating. A private burial will follow at the Tinney Farm Cemetery with family. Visitation with...

Dwight Sims Winsett, 69, of Flintville, TN, passed away March 3, 2024, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Victoria and Sarah; his brother Joseph Allen Winsett, Jr; and his adopted family, Faron and Celina Matthews and...

Funeral service for Philip Wyane Bolander, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hudson and Bro. Ley Jean officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

In loving memory of Guy Shull Patrick, a devoted cattleman and farmer whose faith in Jesus Christ was the guiding light of his life, passed away peacefully on, March 1st, 2024, at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, TN. Guy was born on March 2nd, 1957, in...

Funeral services for Robert “Bob” Leon Hancock, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Emerson Wiles and Chad Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Sheran Kay Vaughn (Belshe), aged 79, formerly of Cambridge, Maryland, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Sheran's journey began in New Mexico, where she spent her childhood. As a young married...

FAYETTEVILLE, TN – Dr. James E. Deaton, age 59, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.  Dr. Deaton was born August 23, 1964, in Elizabethton, TN and is a son of Val Deaton and the late James D. Deaton. Dr. Deaton received a degree in Biological...

Funeral service for James Harold Rigsby, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3 PM Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM...