Obituaries

Funeral service for Mr. Thomas Earl “Tommy” Hall, age 59, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock, Bro. Al Gault, and J.J. Kennard officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr....

Funeral service for James Marvin McNeese, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Marvin was born on July 18, 1935 in Franklin County,...

Graveside service for Joyce West, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be at 1 PM on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Wright's Cemetery.  Bro. Ron Arrick will officiate.  Higgins Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Joyce West.

Graveside funeral service for Barbara Ann DeBerry, affectionately known as Gran Ann, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM on Monday, March 12, 2018 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Manchester, TN. Bro. Steve Hale will officiate. Ann was born on January 18,...

  Funeral service for Dr. William Arthur Hancox, Jr., age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 3 PM on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Dr. Jon Hathcock,  officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Visitation...

Graveside funeral service for Mary Lisa Ferguson Zendler, age 56, of Huntsville, AL, will be conducted at 1:30 PM on Friday, March 9, 2018 at Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. Tommy Howell officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until 1 PM on Friday at...

Graveside service for Mr. George William Buchanan, age 61, of Flintville, will be conducted at 12 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Flintville Cemetery with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Mr. Buchanan was born...

Robert Douglas “Bobby” Alder, 74, of Fayetteville passed away on March 6, 2018 at Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville after a brief illness. Mr. Alder was born Feb. 3, 1944 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, son of the late Robert Clay Alder and Helen Lindsay Alder....

Funeral service for Ms. Peggy Ann Haislip Mitchell, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 3 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Washington Street Church of Christ with Bro. Jim Black and Bro. Tom Riley officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband John...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. William Ray King, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. King was born on May 8, 1928 in Clifton Forge, VA to the late Ernest Lawrence and Mary Kirtner King. He enjoyed traveling, flying scale airplanes and working on his...

Memorial service for Mr. Thomas Lee Shull, Jr., age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 4 PM Friday, March 2, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Cedric Davis officiating. Mr. Shull was born on May 31, 1936 in Fayetteville, TN to the late Velma Bonner...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Kevin Blaze Webster, age 55, of Fayetteville. Mr. Webster was born on June 22, 1962 to Arliss Thomaswick and the late Howard James Webster. He enjoyed Salt Water Fishing, listening to music, dancing, playing pool and...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Ms. B. Josephine Spray Miller, age 90, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Fayetteville, Tennessee. A graveside funeral service will be at 2 PM on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Kirkland Cemetery with Bro. Paul Clayton...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Smith Mitchell, age 89 of Nashville, will be conducted Sunday February 25, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow beside her husband William Herbert Mitchell in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell passed away February...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Faye McCown Mahal, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 28, 2019, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard McWilliams officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mrs. Mahal, a...

Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma May Towry, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, Willie C. Towry, in Lincoln Cemetery....

Memorial service for Mrs. Barbara Albright Gregory, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 2:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Billions officiating Mrs. Gregory was born on June 12, 1944 in Shelby County, TN to the late...

John Theodore Schmidt, “Ted,” passed away on February 17, 2018 at the age of sixty-three with his wife and children in his home in Harper Woods, Michigan. Ted was born on October 4, 1954 in Long Island, New York to Henrietta and Theodore John Schmidt. He grew up as...

Funeral service for Mrs. Jewell Chrystene Jolley Hayes, age 87, of Elora, will be conducted at 1 PM on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Howell officiating. Burial will follow in Elora Cemetery. Jewell was born on June 3, 1930 in...

Funeral service for Ms. Virginia Gleghorn Evers, of Nashville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Whitney Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Virginia was born on October 9, 1927 in...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lois Caldwell O'Neal, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at the Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs....

Graveside funeral service for Roberta “BeBe” Hines Mansfield, age 87 of Nolensville, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Nick Flower officiating. Bebe was born on February 4, 1931...

Funeral service for John Stephan Bowden, known to many as “Lil John”, will be conducted at 10 AM on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Young officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Cemetery. Mr. Bowden was born on December 18,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Roberta Matlock Dunivan. She was born on February 24, 1923 to the late Benjamin and Nina Hatchett Matlock in Capshaw, AL. She was known as an outstanding seamstress and clothing designer while working at Serbin...

Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Evelyn Foster, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, James Davis Foster, in Shady...

Funeral service for Mrs. Era Nadine Johnson Quick, age 76, of Hazel Green, AL, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Friday, February 9, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in State Line Cemetery. Survivors include her...

Funeral service for Mr. David Everett Moore, age 74, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Josh Moran and Bro. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Moore...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Pauline Hunter Philpot, age 95, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Philpot was a native of Lincoln County and born on September 1, 1922 to the late Ben Franklin and...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Harper Ann Gentry and Hanlee Jade Gentry of Shelbyville, TN. Harper passed away on February 1, 2018 at 13 days old. Hanlee passed away on February 3, 2018 at 15 days old. A funeral service for Harper and Hanlee will be...

A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Robbie Ruth Mullins Hall, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 A.M. on Monday, February 5, 2018 at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins and Bro. Billy Langford will officiating. Mrs. Hall was a...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Harper Ann Gentry and Hanlee Jade Gentry of Shelbyville, TN. Harper passed away on February 1, 2018 at 13 days old. Hanlee passed away on February 3, 2018 at 15 days old. A funeral service for Harper and Hanlee will be...

Funeral service for Anthony “Tony” Joe Bradley, age 70, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Bradley was born on...

Phillip Sugg, (Daddy, Pop, Big Phil) 78, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida after a brief illness on January 26, 2018. He was a resident of Signal Mountain, TN for over 30 years but his childhood home was Fayetteville, TN which will be his final...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joan Stacy Adams, age 85, of Franklin, TN, will be conducted Saturday, January 27, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, Douglas Adams, in New Hope Cemetery in...

Graveside service for Mrs. Virginia Haney Bigham, age 92, of Scottsboro, AL, will be conducted Saturday, January 27, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Stewart's Creek Cemetery with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. She will be laid to rest next to her first husband, William Virgil...

JOHNNY DAVID HILL, SR. August 24, 1944 – January 23, 2018 Johnny David Hill, Sr. passed away on January 23, 2018, in his adopted home of Mobile, Alabama. David was born and raised in Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he lived most of his life. He attended school at...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Lillian Hortense Corbin Lemmons, age 91, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Lemmons was born on January 16, 1927 in the Blanche Community to the late Everette and Lola Mae Owen Corbin. She loved to quilt and spend time with her...

Maizie Lee Marr Cobb, age 98, formerly of Petersburg, TN, was born to the late Robert Lee and Mattie Hudson Marr on August 1, 1919, in the Charity Community of Moore County. After the untimely death of her mother, related to the flu, Maizie's paternal Aunt Sarah Marr...

Graveside memorial service for Mary “Jan” Simms Eldridge, age 62, of Fayetteville, Georgia, will be conducted at 10 AM on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens (23 Memory Lane, Fayetteville, TN 37334). Mrs. Eldridge joined the saints of her...

Funeral service for Mr. Calvin Lloyd Eads, age 82, will be conducted Saturday January 20, 2018 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home, with Eric Reynolds officiating and Jeff Mathis providing memorial. Burial will follow In Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial...