Obituaries

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Annette Staley, 69, of Petersburg, TN. Annette was born on May 7, 1955, in Pikeville, Kentucky, and passed away at her home on November 29, 2024. Annette had a deep love for her family, especially her cherished...

Graveside funeral service for Velma Ruth Watson, age 86, of Omaha, AR, formerly a 50+ years resident of Steger, IL, will be held at 12:30 PM on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Boonshill Cemetery with Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Jo Ann Harbin Land, age 86, of Hazel Green, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Ron Land officiating. Interment will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation...

Timothy Parks Howard, affectionately known as “Lil Sweat,” passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at his lifelong home in New Market, Alabama. Surrounded by the love of his devoted wife of 32 years, Kimberly Koonce Howard. Born on November 6, 1961, in...

Funeral service for Mary June Hopkins Towry, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Friday, November 15, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

Flavil Ragan Hatcher, a lifetime Fayetteville resident and inspirational Biology teacher (who was better known to all her students as Mother Nature), entered into Heaven on November 5th, 2024. Mrs. Hatcher was born in Walnut Grove Alabama, and moved to her...

Wilna Lowe Lewter Gentry, 96, passed into her Lord’s hands on November 10, 2024.   She was the first-born child of Willie and Odell Lewter born on May 28, 1928, in the Pearl City community in Lincoln County, TN. She met her husband William B. “Bill” Gentry...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Timothy “Tuffy” Alan Holland, age 60, of Fayetteville, TN. Born on September 2, 1964, in Chattanooga, TN, Tim was the son of the late Timothy Alan Fuss and Linda Faye Combs. He passed away on November 9, 2024, at...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Michael Wayne Sly, who departed this life on November 9, 2024, in Fayetteville, TN. Michael was born on August 3, 1955, in Flint, MI. Michael is remembered by his daughter, Katie Tungate of Dexter, MO; and his...

LTC (Retired) George Maxey Massey, Sr., U.S. Army, beloved husband, father, and grandfather and great grandfather, passed away November 5, 2024, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN with his children at his side. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Saturday,...

Charles Ray Smith, 91, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, passed away Oct. 24, 2024. He was born to Robert Austin Smith and Pauline (Vanzant) Smith May 15, 1933, in Fayetteville, Tennessee.  He grew up in Fayetteville and graduated from Central High School. He received...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Delma Mollie Somers Sumja, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN. Del was born July 20, 1949, in Winnipeg, Canada. She was a legal assistant at Harris Cadell and Shanks in Decatur, AL and a member of St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal...

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Mae Thomas Self, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Friday, November 1, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Jeff Boyles and Joseph Boyles officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral services for Arthur Glenn “Popa” Ross, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11am on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at Prospect Baptist Church with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

A life celebration for Cynthia Ann Bates, age 71, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Friday, November 1, 2024, at Washington Street Church of Christ with Bro. Charles Abernathy and Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Cemetery....

Graveside funeral service for Imogene Stewart Highfill, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3:30 PM Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. Scott Travis officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Imogene was born...

Graveside services for Ben Hill “Bo” Rutledge, Jr. will be held at 2:30pm on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm until 2pm on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home. Bo was born...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of David Tate Andrews, age 31, of Fayetteville, TN on October 22, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Pierson officiating. Burial will...

William “Bill” Roy Askins, Jr., age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on October 19, 2024, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Tommy Vann and...

Graveside service for Mrs. Melba Collins Pruitt Hill, age 96, of Gallatin, formerly of Delina and Lakeland, TN, will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at Wright’s Cemetery, with Bro. Tim Strickland officiating. Melba was born on July 25, 1928, in...

Graveside services for William Roger VerPlank, age 57, of Flintville, TN will be held at 12pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at Stewart Cemetery with Bro. Kevin Davis officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Will was born April 9,...

Carolyn Spears Askew died peacefully surrounded by family on October 13, 2024, her 91st birthday. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Caldwell Askew, parents, Tolliver Douglas Spears and Catherine Wiggs Spears, and her brother William Douglas Spears....

Mary Elizabeth “Cookie” Patton Lamon, age 94, passed away October 11, 2024. Cookie was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Eugene Patton and Sarah Katherine Brady Patton, and brother Eugene C. Patton. After graduating from Whitehaven High School in 1948 and...

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Bettye Ruth Finley Abernathy, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN. Bettye was born on May 20, 1934, in a log cabin on Well Hill Road and departed this life on October 4, 2024, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Rachel Lauren Gatewood-Griffin, age 22, of Shelbyville, TN, on September 29, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Pastor Joel Capizzi, Pastor...

Funeral services for Mark David Sullenger, age 46, of Moore County, TN will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Rick Everheart officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Funeral service for Ray Bostick Woods, Sr. age 90, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 6 PM on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Green officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM to 6 PM on Sunday at Higgins Funeral...

Joey Mark Locker, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully surrounded by those that loved him at the age of 66.  He was a devoted member of the Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church and cherished his family above all. Joey was born in...

A celebration of life for Patricia Nell Moyers, 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will take place on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 3 PM at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Family and friends are invited to visit from 2 PM to 3 PM on Sunday at the...

A life celebration for Rilla Lee Sadler, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 7 PM on Monday, September 30, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until the time of service at 7 PM on Monday. Interment will take place at a...

A funeral service for Ann Alexander Qualls, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. The service will be officiated by Bro. Charles Abernathy, Bro. John King, and Mark Clark. The family will welcome...

Larry Dwight Claborn passed peacefully and went to be with his heavenly Father on September 18, 2024.  He was surrounded by loved ones as he was welcomed into the arms of Jesus. Larry lived a life of selfless service to others and a life full of purpose.  He will...

James Ronald Stanly, Jr. beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, and friend departed this life on September 19, 2024, at the age of 53. Services to honor his life will be held at 10 am on Monday, September 23, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Graves...

Juanita Carol Napierala, age 84, of Kelso, TN passed from this life on September 17, 2024, at HH Lincoln Health in Fayetteville, TN. She was born May 13, 1940, in Madison County, AL. After retiring from Bethlehem Steel in Burns Harbor, IN she moved with her husband,...

A graveside service for Bonnie Louise Phillips Bryant, age 94, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 2:30 pm on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Unity Cemetery with Rev. Todd Gaskill and Bro. James Shelton officiating. The family will visit with friends from 12 pm until 2...

Harold Edwin (Hootie) Balch, Jr., age 75, of Flintville, TN, passed away peacefully at his residence on September 15, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Born on December 10, 1948, in Limestone County, AL, Edwin was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and GG....

Richard (Dick) Alan Barnard, 84, of Franklin, NC, passed away on September 12, 2024, in Southern Tennessee Regional Health System in Winchester, TN. Dick was born on August 1, 1940, in Lyons, New York to Lois and Harry Barnard. He graduated from Fort Lauderdale High...

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Gene Jennings Templeton, age 84, of Taft, TN will be held at 3pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Seth Philbrick officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral services for Bobby Ray Pepper, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm until 2pm on Thursday at Higgins....

A graveside service for Evelyn Joyce Monks, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Stewart Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to gather for visitation from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Wednesday at Higgins Funeral...