Obituaries

Graveside service for Dr. Joseph Frederick Ralston, Jr., age 65, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday May 8, 2021 at 2:30 PM in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12 PM to 2 PM in the Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ms. Jo Ann Ashby Riddle, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN. Ms. Riddle was born on March 23, 1951 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Jimmy Lee and Sarah Crabtree Ashby. She loved Elvis music and was of the Baptist Faith. Ms....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Larce Dean Mitchell, age 51, of Fayetteville, TN. Dean was born on May 15, 1968 in Lincoln Co., TN to the late Larce Bell and Nargie Jean Dunivan Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell enjoyed fishing, camping and tractor pulls. He...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Command Sgt. Major (Ret.) Carnice Noble Howard, age 75, of Huntsville, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Howard was born on Dec. 14, 1944 in Jarvis, Ky to the late Clark Edward Howard I and Elizabeth Howard. He was a...

Funeral service for Mr. Billy Dean Cole, age 85 of Summertown, TN will be conducted on March 11, 2020 at 1PM at Summertown Church of Christ with Chris Cole, Bro. Artie Collins, and Bro. Don Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery, beside his late...

Funeral service for Miss Sarah Levonia Golden, age 78, of Kelso, TN will be conducted at 2PM on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home, Fayetteville, TN with Bro. Tommy Howell officiating. Burial will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Miss Golden was born on...

Mrs. Suzanne Holt Young, age 77 of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 after a long illness. Born in Milan, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Robert Lloyd Holt and Tommye Sue Reasons Holt. A woman of boundless energy and enthusiasm, she lived...

Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Sue Teets, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 4PM on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Fayetteville, TN with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Melson Cemetery. Mrs. Teets was born on June...

Funeral service for Mrs. Jodine Gault Bean, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Bean was born on February 15, 1937 in...

Funeral service for Mrs. Betty Jo Sawyer English, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Andy Erwin officiating. Burial will follow in the Bethel Cemetery, beside her husband, Jimmy Thurston...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ms. Heather Nicole Faulk, age 30, of Taft, TN. Ms. Faulk was born on February 20, 1990 in Rutherford Co., TN and passed away on February 21, 2020 in Lincoln County, TN. Heather loved water sports, especially swimming and...

Funeral service for Mrs. Geneva Pauline Tipton Anderson, age 93, of Tullahoma, TN, will be conducted at 10 AM on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband, John Franklin Anderson, in...

Mr. George Rex Mitchell, Sr., age 86, a resident of Dothan, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his residence. Graveside funeral service will be held 12 PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Lois Cemetery in Lynchburg, TN with full Military rites. Family will...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert Aaron Newgent, age 71, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, 24, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Moores Cemetery, next to his wife Wanda Faye Newgent. Mr. Newgent...

Funeral service for Mrs. Irma Adele Meyer Collins, age 97, of Flintville, TN, formerly of Las Vegas, NV and Pottsboro, TX, will be conducted at 3 PM on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 2 PM until the time of...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Wanda Lee Lineberger, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. Steven Carter officiating. Visitation with the family will be held at 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM on...

Funeral service for Mrs. Virginia R. Ashby, age 101, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, February 17, 2020, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Kyle Smith and Jerry Carter officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, William Calvin Ashby,...

Funeral service for Master Sgt. (Ret.) Gary Landrum Allen, USAF, age 87, of Cornersville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Brown and Josh Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery next...

Funeral service for Mr. James A. “Bo” Fowler, age 79 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 3 PM on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at Coldwater Methodist Church with Reverend Daniel Meaker officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Visitation with the...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Clarence Terrell Flynn, age 73 of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Flynn was born on December 18, 1946 in Lincoln County to the late Clarence “Timer” and Mildred McMillan Flynn. Terrell passed away on January 31, 2020 at Maury...

Funeral service for James Edward Scott, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 3 PM on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Robert “Bobby” Arnold, Jr., age 69, of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Hope Assembly Church with Pastor Raleigh East officiating. Visitation with...

Funeral service for Mr. James Kenneth May, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Higgins Funeral home with Bro. Gary Wright officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Kenneth was born on...

Funeral service for Mr. Johnny Reese Martin, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN. will be conducted Sunday January 26, 2020 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow beside his wife Shirley Martin in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in...

Esther Stevenson Thornton passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020 with her daughter at her side. She was born September 30, 1936 in McBurg, Tennessee. Esther was the youngest of twelve, and was the last surviving sibling. She attended business college in Nashville on...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Ms. Holly Marie Scott, age 27, of Fayetteville, TN. Holly was born on May 22, 1992 in Tullahoma, TN to Jeffrey and Kandy Scott. She played soccer for Lincoln County High School and was a 2010 graduate. After high...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Jacobs Harness, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock and Donnie Browning officiating. Burial will follow in New Sharon Cemetery next to her...

Funeral service for Mrs. Rhonda Joy Howard, age 59, of Taft, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Phillip Kelly officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Rhonda was born on August 24, 1960 in South...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Gary “Razoo” Carter, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN. Razoo was born on November 7, 1958 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Raymond and Annie May Brown Carter. He was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Carter passed away on January...

Funeral service for Mr. Roy Lee Gray, age 82, of Taft, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Friday, January 17, 2020, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Hudgins and Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Roy was born on April 9,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. David Latimer Harrison, age 78, of Gallatin, TN. A celebration of life will be held at 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Fayetteville First Baptist Church. A reception will be held immediately following the...

Memorial service for Mr. Patrick Scott “Scottie” Ables, age 51, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 3 PM on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Prospect Baptist Church. Visitation with the family will be held on Saturday at 1 PM until time of service at the church....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. James D. “Dino” Clark, age 62, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Clark was born on January 6, 1957. He was the ninth child born to the late Mr. Willie Bert Clark, Sr. and Mrs. Lucille Berry Clark. Mr. Clark worked as a Flag Man...

Funeral service for Emma Mae Adcox Arnold, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Unity Cemetery. Mae was a native of the Howell Community...

Funeral service for Timothy Keith Stubblefield, age 60, of Frankewing, TN will be conducted at 10 AM on Monday, December 30, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Barry Mitchell and Bro. Don Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Tim was born on...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Geraldine Coble Slayton, age 93, of Ardmore, TN. Mrs. Slayton was born on October 19, 1926 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Willie Dean and Nona Steadman Coble. Geraldine was a member of the New Grove Baptist Church....

Funeral service for Hugh Marshall Arney, Sr. age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM Friday, December 27, 2019 at Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Boonshill Cemetery. Marshall was born...

Funeral service for Mrs. Beverly Ann Robertson, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 10 AM on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Beverly was...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. James “Jimmy” Vann Howell, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN. A private family burial will take place in Lincoln Cemetery. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Mr. Howell. James was born on...

Larry David Swinford, age 74 of Fayetteville, TN passed away on December 15, 2019, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Swinford was born on March 11, 1945, in Fayetteville, TN, to the late Hugh Patrick and Maydie Ruth Swinford. He was a 1963 graduate...