Obituaries

Funeral service for Mrs. Peggy Elizabeth Woods Pruett, age 82, of Elora, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Bro. Milton Martin officiating and the family will visit with guests Saturday 12 PM until time of...

Funeral service for Mr. George “Goodie” Hill age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 10 AM on Monday, June 25, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow next to his first wife, Bobbie Lou Curtis Hill, in Pleasant...

Memorial service for Mrs. Norma Jean McKinney, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Whitney Mitchell and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Mrs. McKinney passed away peacefully...

Funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Cash Tucker, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Thomas and Bro. Tim Hall officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, Lawrence T. Tucker, in...

Funeral service for Mr. William G. “Bill” Hall will be conducted on Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be held Thursday...

Funeral service for Sylvia Veronica Peters, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 3 PM on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Sean Thompson officiating. Sylvia was born on August 14, 1956 in Tuscaloosa, AL...

Edmund Russell Briley, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN passed at Huntsville Hospital after a brief illness on June 8, 2018. He was born on May 21, 1933 in Murfreesboro, TN. Ed was a 1951 graduate of David Lipscomb High School and a 1958 B.S. graduate of Middle Tennessee...

Funeral service for Christina “Chris” Ann Vandiver Conner, age 43, of Elora, TN will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, June 11, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the McClure Cemetery. Chris was born on November 20, 1974...

Funeral service for Mr. Bobby Sandlin, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev, Ed Templeton officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Sandlin was born on April 29, 1931 in...

A celebration of life for Mrs. Donna Marie Crossman, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN, will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Crossman was born on June 25, 1947 in Ipswich, MA to the late Walter Crossman and Marjorie Mable Bailey. She...

Memorial service for Mrs. Margaret Mary Neece Henderson, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 7 PM on Monday, June 11, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Visitation with the family will be held Monday at 4 PM until time of...

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Richard Granville Mills, age 90, of Mt. Juliet, TN, will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ron Wood officiating. Mr. Mills was born on December 15, 1927 in Lincoln County, TN to...

Funeral service for Ret. Master Sargent Joe Lindsey Hall, age 86, of Dellrose, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Colin Leighton officiating. Burial will follow next to his wife, Tommie O'neal Hall, in Blanche...

A memorial service for Mr. William Caldwell Askew, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 9, at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Whitney Mitchell and Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Visitation with the family will be...

Betty Marsh Askins, 82, passed away on May 30, 2018 in Germantown, TN. She was a member of Germantown United Methodist Church and lived at The Village at Germantown. Born and raised in Fayetteville, TN, she was a registered nurse who enjoyed helping people. She...

Funeral service for Mr. Hamilton Asher Helton, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Ed Keith officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Alice Elizabeth Freeman died in the early morning of Tuesday May 29, 2018. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 PM on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow next to her husband in Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held...

Graveside service for Mrs. Jamie Eve Hose Waid, age 37, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Monday, June 4, 2018, at Myrick Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held Monday at 11 AM until 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Waid was born on...

Charles Robert Ward, known to many as “Bob” or “Lil Scrubby”, age 88, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on May 26, 2018 at NHC in Murfreesboro. He was the son of the late William Clarence Ward and Anna McAlister Ward. He was born in Fayetteville, TN on July 12, 1929...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert Alan Garrison, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Don Russell and Randy Bradford officiating. Mr. Garrison passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at his...

Funeral service for Pamela “Pam” Kay Anderson, age 47, of Flintville, TN will be conducted at 2 PM on Monday, May 28, 2018 at Gum Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Winfred Stayton officiating. Burial will follow in the McCool Family Cemetery. Pam was born on November...

Funeral service for Mr. Chris “Monkey” Mitchell, age 43, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Whitney Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. A native of Lincoln County, he is...

Funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Holman Askins, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jody Parks and Dickey Sebastian officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband, Billy Askins in Pleasant...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Alford Worley, age 80, of Flintville, TN. A memorial service will be planned at a later date in Georgia. Mr. Worley was born on January 11, 1938 in Moultrie, GA to the late William Charles and Nora Horton Milla...

Graveside service for Mrs. Janet Kay Dawe Smith, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Smith was born on March, 7, 1941 in Wamego, KS to the late Rex Eugene and Christine Huey...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Master Sergeant (Ret.) Clemens “Chick” Vincent Chiginsky, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial service will be planned at a later date. Master Sergeant (Ret.) Chiginsky was born on June 10, 1934 in Mahanoy City, PA...

Funeral service for Mr. William Kenneth May, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN (formerly Franklin County), will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Gatlin and Bro. David Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Franklin...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Beecher “Buddy” McKinley Raines, II, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Raines was born on September 7, 1956 in Orange County, CA to the late Clara Jean Denney and Beecher McKinley Raines, I. Buddy was known for his...

Funeral service for Mr. Billy Ray Phillips, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 12:00 PM on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Mills officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Phillips was born on July 24,...

Funeral service for Ms. Margie Lois Hone Hazelbaker, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Monday, May 14, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery. Visitation will be held on...

Graveside service for Mrs. Mary Gilliam Gatlin, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Wright's Cemetery with Bro. Colin Leighton officiating. Visitation with the family will be held at 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM on Sunday at...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lucille Evans Grammer, age 87, or Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday May 6, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery next to her husband of 59 years, Fred...

Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Moorehead Cunningham, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2 PM on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Black, Rev. Tommy Ward and Rev. Whitney Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in the...

Funeral service for Walter Bedford Quick, age 85, of Elora, TN, will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Arrick officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, next to his wife, Nina Ruth Dunn Quick. Mr....

Funeral service for Mrs. Martha Lou Wallace, age 86, of Fayetteville TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Andy Erwin officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens, next to her husband...

Funeral service for Mrs. Marian Askins Grant, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at Higgins funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black and Dr. David McCauley officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with...

Funeral service for Mrs. Alma Jean Birdsong, age 86, of Dellrose, TN, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Gatlin and Bro. Terrel Pitts officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, Mahlon Ellis...

With great sadness and great love, the family of Mr. John Joseph Smith, age 65, of Flintville, TN, will have a Memorial Service at 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be held Saturday from 12:00 PM until 3:00...

Funeral service for Ms. Lana Vanessa Harrison Eakes, age 47, of Bon Aqua, TN, will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Reynolds. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Ms. Eakes was born on January 11, 1971...

Funeral service for Mr. Thomas Eugene “Tommy Gene” Smith, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born on...