Obituaries

Funeral service for Mrs. Virginia E. Arnold, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, August 22, 2019, at Hope Assembly Church with Pastor Ben Johnson and Pastor Raleigh East officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens...

Annie Lee Mansfield October 23, 1925-August 16,2019 "Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve, or to help." —Christina Feist-Heilmeier, RN Annie Mansfield grew up in Lincoln County, the daughter of a sharecropper  she worked in the...

Funeral service for Mrs. Estelle Marie Monks Lacy, age 91, of Manchester, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Monday, August 19, 2019, at Higgins funeral Home with Bro. Jim Rolen officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery next to her husband, Charles Ralph...

Memorial service for Mrs. Sandra Kay Rudolph, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 3 PM on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Wright officiating. Visitation with the family will be held on Saturday beginning at 1 PM until...

Our beloved Marie Copeland Steelman, age 88, passed away August 10, 2019 at Bailey Manor, in Fayetteville, TN. She was the daughter of the late Jessie Mac Evans and Jesse Frank Copeland. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her sister Jan (H.M.)...

Christine Wilkes Pitts of Fayetteville passed away on August 9, 2019 at the age of 87. She was born on January 18, 1932 in Merrimack Cotton Mill Village in Huntsville, AL to the late Elvia and Defna Challen Clayton Wilkes. She married the late Malcolm Pitts at a young...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Nancy Cleve McGee Jackson, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN. Visitation with the family will be held at 5 PM until 7 PM on Sunday, August 4, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home. There will be no public service. Nancy was...

Funeral service for Mrs. Dorsie “Dot” Dean Watkins, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert “Bud” Louis Dorning, age 26, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 2, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Pearson and Alan Shedd officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial...

Memorial service for Wayne Leon Asta, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at West End Baptist Church with Bro. Mike Johnson and Bro. Danny Green officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens:...

Funeral service for Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Larry Wilson Marshall, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. George Turke officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Larry...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Ms. Cindy Mae Jarrett, age 56, of Fayetteville, TN. Cindy was born on November 13, 1962 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Richard Coleman and Ethel Pauline Mullins Bevers. She loved gardening, painting, animals and...

Graveside funeral service for Richard Franklin Moyers, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 3 PM on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Macedonia Cemetery. Bro. Mark Posey will officiate. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Richard was...

It is with regret we announce the passing of CMSgt Larry Wilson Marshall, TN ANG, Ret., age 78, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Marshall passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Higgins Funeral Home.

Betty Jane Henry Brooks was born June 27, 1930 in Water Valley, Mississippi. She passed away peacefully at her home in Fayetteville, Tennessee on July 24, 2019, surrounded by her family. She grew up in Water Valley, Mississippi and moved to Memphis, Tennessee after...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Ms. Sue Helen Campbell Williams, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN. No services are planned at this time. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Ms. Williams. Sue was born on October 30, 1945 in Harvey,...

Funeral service for Mrs. Carrie M. Hollis Honea, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery, beside her husband, Lawrence...

Funeral service for Mr. Royce Wayne Myers, Sr., age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chad Clanton officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Summer LaCarol Walden Arnold, age 40. Summer was born on November 22, 1978 in Lincoln County, TN and passed away on July 12, 2019 in Madison County, Alabama. Survivors include her mother, Sonya (Leo) Walden; father, Martin...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth Abbott Tucker, of Fayetteville, TN. Mabel was born on January 8, 1925 in Winchester, TN to the late Robert Lee and Lillian McNatt Abbott. She worked as a CRNA from 1949 until retirement in 1975 and...

Funeral service for Mrs. Sara Lanelle Counts, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 4 PM on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home. Bro. James West and Bro. Chris Jones will officiate. Visitation with the family will be from 2 PM until 4 PM on Sunday...

Funeral service for Steve Valerie Brooks, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Kirk Smith and Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery. Steve was born on July 9,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Daniel Mitchell Swinford, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN. A graveside service will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Blanche Cemetery. Daniel was born on July 31, 1953 in Lincoln County, TN to the late...

Carl Perry, a lifelong resident of Fayetteville, passed peacefully in his sleep Saturday morning at Signature Assisted Living in Jefferson City, TN. Carl was attended by family and friends up to his passing. Carl is proceeded in death by his wife, Lea, his mother and...

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Paul Melvin Henderson, age 67, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Paul was born on...

Funeral service for Mr. Thomas “Tom” Jefferson Decker, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Rice officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Tom was born on May 13, 1934 in...

Funeral service for Mr. Arden T. Miller, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Monday, July 1, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Father George Panthananickal officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Thomas Walter Glazener, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home. Tom was born on January 14, 1944 in Transylvania...

Funeral service for Mr. Timothy Allen Lackey, age 55, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery in Tullahoma. Visitation...

Funeral service for Mr. John Edward Harwell, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Friday, June 28, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. David R. McCauley and Ley Jean officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Della June Gatlin, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN on June 25, 2019. She was born on June 13, 1929 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Allen and Mildred Lane Groce and was a member of the Mimosa Church of Christ....

Funeral service for Mrs. Martha Mae Roland Marshall, age 84, of Petersburg, TN will be conducted at 10 AM on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery next to her husband, William...

William C. Ashby, age 93, passed away on June 20, 2019 in Lee County, FL. He was born on September 16, 1925 in Moore County, TN to the late John Wiley Ashby and Lona Young. William was a faithful husband to his wife, Christine Deal Ashby, who passed away in 2009....

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Charles E. Phelps, age 87, of Lynchburg, TN, will be conducted at 12 PM on Saturday, June 22, 2019, at Mulberry Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held at 10 AM until 11:30 AM on Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home. Charles was...

Funeral service for Mr. Donald Ray Pamplin, age 79, of Flintville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Rice and Bro. Roy Markham officiating. Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery. Donald was born on...

Funeral service for Mr. Cecil Dwayne Stubblefield, Sr., age 85, of Frankewing, TN, will be conducted at 10 AM on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery next to his wife, Eunice Louise Stubblefield. Bro. Don Hudson...

Robert McClain Wright passed away in Brentwood, Tennessee on June 10, 2019, after an extended illness. Robert was born on May 21, 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky to parents Marion Alexander and Carrie Ozella (Evans) Wright. He was raised on a farm near Fayetteville,...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Dr. James Michael Slater, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN. Jim was born on January 18, 1947 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Fred Lyman and Vera Viola VanHouten Slater. He earned his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine degree from...

Funeral service for Mary Sue Mitchell Welch, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Sue was born on April 16, 1937 in Fayetteville, TN. She was a graduate...

Melissa Clark Gill died in peace at her home in Murfreesboro on June 6, 2019, at the age of 67. Lissa was an artist and educator who instilled a passion for culture in her children and her students. She was an avid reader of everything from literary classics to spy...