Obituaries

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,...

Funeral service for Bobby Gene Barnes, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Alan Shedd officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Bobby Gene was born on January 27, 1936...

Funeral service for Mr. Dennis M. Galliart, age 79, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Faith Lutheran Church (101 Bragg Cir, Tullahoma, TN 37388) with Pastor Martin S. Nutter officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Cemetery in Fayetteville,...

Graveside service for Mr. Freddie Hovis, age 65, of the Coldwater Community, will be conducted at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Rose Hill with Rev. Daniel Meaker officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until 1 PM on Wednesday at Higgins...

Funeral service for Mr. Claude Thomas Holt, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Glynn Lee Stevenson Daniel, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN will be at 1:30 PM on Monday, January 11, 2020 at Cedar Hill Memorial Gardens with Dr. Jon Hathcock and Chaplain Billy Fowler officiating. Visitation with the family will be...

Margaret Harris Shutt, age 104, passed from this life on January 8, 2021. She was born on the family farm in Howell, TN to the late Wallace and Eunice Thomas Harris. Mrs. Shutt's education included Tarbox School, Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville, TN, and graduation...

Funeral service for Ms. Louise Lackey Alaweneh, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 12 PM on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Ron Wood officiating. Burial will follow in the Concord Cemetery in Tullahoma, TN. Louise was born...

Hattie Frances Brooks Hyatt (of the Vanntown Community) was born on February 16, 1925 in Madison County, Alabama, to the late Joel Earl and Mary Cole Brooks. She entered Heaven's gates on January 2, 2021. She was married to the love of her life, Thomas “Tom” Hyatt,...

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Charles Leabert Flynn, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN will be at 2 PM on Wednesday, January 6, 2020 at Kirkland Cemetery with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins, and Terry Monks officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service....

Funeral service for Mary Noel, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Moores Cemetery. Mary was born on January 12, 1942 in...

Steve George September 15, 1956- January 1, 2021. Steve passed away at age 64 at St Thomas hospital in Nashville after a long illness. Steve was preceded in death by his dad, Russell George. He is survived by his mom, Dorothy George, brother Mike George (wife Sandy),...

Graveside funeral service for Ms. Margaret Eldora Qualls Blackwelder Blackburn, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2PM on January 2, 2021 at Gatlin Cemetery with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11AM until 1PM at Parks...

Private graveside funeral service for Mrs. Willie Lou Edmonson Travis, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at Pleasant View Cemetery on December 31, 2020 with Pastor Charles Holsey officiating. Willie Lou was born on May 13, 1929 in Lincoln County, TN to the...

Graveside funeral service for Linda G. Edwards, 82 of Madison, AL will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Rose Hill Cemetery with Bro. Ricky Lowery officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM at Higgins Funeral Home....

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Keith LaShawn Winsett, age 46, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 12 PM on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Talley Cemetery. Dr. Jon Hathcock, Bro. Chad Hancock, and Bro. Jim Mike will officiate. There will be no visitation prior to the...

Graveside funeral service for Morris E. McCool, age 88 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 10 AM Monday, December 28, 2020 at the McCool Family Cemetery. There will be no public visitation with the family prior to the service. Morris was born on September 9, 1932...

Graveside funeral service for Sue Moyers Kimbrough, age 66 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM Sunday, December 27, 2020 at New Hope Cemetery with Bro. Jim Black officiating. There will be no public visitation with the family prior to the service. Sue was...

Mrs. Frances Ivalene Fitch, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away December 19, 2020 at Lincoln Medical Center. Mrs Fitch was born May 16, 1933 in Lincoln County to the late Osbia Stone and Mattie Whitfield Stone Morrow. Mrs. Fitch was a training supervisor at Blue...

Graveside funeral service for Judy Ables Davidson, age 69 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, December 18, 2020 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Danny Bell officiating. There will be no public visitation with the family prior to the service....

James Clay McFerrin passed from this life on December 12, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN, just three months after the death of his beloved wife of 62 years, Helen Joyce Davis McFerrin. In light of the current environment, a graveside...

Funeral service for Mr. Ronald Roy Mahal, Sr., age 83 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 12 PM on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Richard McWilliams officiating. Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery. Ron was born on March...

Funeral service for Ms. Leona Carter Tucker, age 93 of Taft, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, December 14, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Pastor Justin Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Riverview Memorial Gardens. Leona was born on September 22,...

Funeral service for Mr. Thomas Edward Hambrick, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Ed was born on October 19,...

Graveside funeral service for Doris L. Key, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 3 PM Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Gatlin Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 PM until 2 PM on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home. Doris was born on October 20, 1929 in Limestone...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Nancy Marshall Young, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN. Nancy Passed away December 7, 2020 at her residence. Nancy was born on August 9, 1955 to the late Cricket Carter and George Marshall, Jr. Survivors include her husband,...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Leland “Sam” Hill, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN. Sam died at his home in the early hours on Friday, April 10, 2020. A memorial visitation will be held from 5 PM until 7 PM on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Higgins Funeral...

Graveside service for Gracie Lee Carson Whitfield, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Stewart Cemetery with Rev. Paul Johnson officiating. Visitation with the family will be Tuesday from 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM at Higgins...

Funeral service for Mr. Tracy Means, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in the Prospect Cemetery. Tracy was born on October 25, 1959 in...

Graveside service for Mr. Johnny Joe Collier, age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM on Friday, December 4, 2020 at Rose Hill Cemetery with Randy Groce officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Joe served his country in...

A private Memorial service for Mr. John Charles Galvin, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at Petersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Bro. Troy Green officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. John was born on June...