Obituaries

Funeral service for Mr. Bobby “Bob” Dwight Bankston, age 66, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 1 PM at Parks City Baptist Church with Bro. Don Russell. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mr. Bankston passed away on November...

Mrs. Glendon Thomas Monks was promoted to glory on November 13, 2017. Funeral service for Mrs. Monks, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, November 19, 2017, at 2 PM at Parks City Baptist Church with Rev. Don Russel and Bro. Charles Hammons...

Mrs. Estelle (Ruby) Vann Towry age 90 passed away November 7th, 2017 at her home in Texas. She was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee on May 24th, 1927. She was married to William (Bill) P. Towry. They were married for 65 years and he preceded her in death on February...

Funeral service for Mrs. Helen Carolyn Collier Gill of Petersburg, TN will be conducted Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 10 AM at Petersburg First United Methodist Church with Reverends Beulah Edmondson and Denny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard...

Funeral service for Mr. Joseph Elroy Winsett, age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins and Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge No. 68 officiating. The committal service will be at 2 PM...

On Monday, November 6, 2017 Susie Mae Taylor received her wings and transitioned from this life to be with her lord and savior. She was born January 3, 1938 in Lincoln County TN to the late Eldis and Emma Grace Ervin Ray. She was also nurtured by a loving aunt and...

Funeral service for Robert Paul Vaughan, age 79, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay and Bro. Dickey Crutcher officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Vaughan was born...

Funeral service for Malcolm Don Templeton, age 80, of Taft, Tennessee will be conducted at 5 PM on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bryan Bult officiating. A private graveside service will be held on Monday,...

Funeral service for Mr. Thomas William Towry, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN will be held Sunday, November 5, 2017, at 2:30 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Thomas was born on April 30, 1924 in Lincoln...

Funeral service for Mrs. Nancy J. Faulkner, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Jimmy Buchanan and Bill Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Faulkner was born on...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Lynn Hobbs Buchanan, age 60, of Flintville, will be conducted at 2 PM Monday, October 30, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mrs. Buchanan was a native of Madison...

B'Lisa Harmening King, age 60, passed away at her home on Friday, October 27, 2017 after a short illness. She was born to Charles and June Harmening on September 8, 1957. She was a graduate of Central High School and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She was...

June 27, 1937 – October 26, 2017 Chester W. Martin passed away on October 26, 2017 at his residence after a long illness. He was the son of the late R. C. and Madie Martin of Fayetteville. He was a graduate of Lincoln County High School and attended Middle Tennessee...

Funeral service for Mrs. Sara Barnes Goode, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband, Jerry Wayne Goode, in Higgins Cedar Hills...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lisa Gibson Wilson, age 51, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted on Friday, October 27, 2017, at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was born on February 20, 1966 in...

Ruby Ellen Winsett Tipps, of Lynchburg, formerly of Fayetteville Tennessee, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Ruby was the daughter of the late Ferris Jackson and Della Marie Winsett. She was a retired Biologist...

Funeral service for Mr. Joe David Wagster, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted on Friday, October 20, 2017, at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Whitney Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Wagster passed away on Tuesday,...

Jewell Evans Bain, Age 85, of the Molino Community, passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Donalson Care Center, Fayetteville, TN. She was born Jewell Dean Evans on August 4, 1932 in Lincoln County, TN to Curtis and Wilma Pamplin Evans. She married William...

A memorial service for Jo Anne Davis Bradford, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Ross officiating. Mrs. Bradford was born on June 20, 1945, in Marshall County, TN, to the late Alvin...

Funeral service for Carolyn Marie Harbin Gault, age 74, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Milton Martin and Bro. Larry Meeks officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Gault was a...

Funeral service for Quatina Manley Wolaver, age 50, of Fayetteville will be conducted 1 PM Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Lones, Bro. Monty Franklin and Bro. Tim Hall officiating. Burial will follow in State Line Cemetery. Ms....

Funeral service for Mrs. Lynette Crouch Barnett, known as “G” to her granddaughters, age 58, of Flintville, will be conducted at 11 AM on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Jeff Walden officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery beside her...

Ronald J. “Buddy” Phillips passed away at home on his 81st birthday, September 23, 2017. He was born September 23,1936 in Blytheville, Ark., the son of the late Sybil MacIntosh Phillips and Lt. Col. Wendell Phillips. On September 9, 2017, Buddy and his loving wife...

Graveside service for Mr. Kenneth Ralph Layman, age 74, of Elora, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Elora Cemetery with Bro. Mike Robinson officiating. Mr. Layman was a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee and son of the late John Ralph and Helen Joyce Caldwell...

Funeral service for Mr. Jackie Glenn Bryant, age 42, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 AM on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Bryant was a native of Lincoln County, TN and born on May 10, 1975 to...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Dr. Fini Elizabeth Heynen, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN. Dr. Heynen was born on June 16, 1947 in New York to the late Benjamin and Mary Heynen. She worked as a clinical psychologist. She loved roses and created a...

Memorial service for Mr. Danny Joe Malone, age 66, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, September 24, 2017, at 3 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Mr. Drew Smith officiating. Mr. Malone was born on May 29, 1951 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Deward “Shorty”...

James Warren Bills, age 71, passed away on September 17, 2017. Jimmy had been a resident of Fayetteville since he was a young boy and a member of the First United Methodist Church. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a degree in accounting....

Joanna Gray Glenn, age 72, of Fayetteville, passed away September 16, 2017 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Eugene and Naomi Moyers Gray, a homemaker and enjoyed woodworking and refinishing furniture. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian...

Funeral service for Raymond Elmer Rowland, age 70, of Huntsville, AL, will be conducted at 1:00 PM Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery with Military Honors. Mr. Rowland was born on April 24, 1947 in Dayton, OH...

Mr. Tom (Tommy) Alvin Phelps was born June 12th 1950, to the late Mr. Ben Nathan Phelps and Mrs. Annie John Wright-Phelps. Tommy departed this life on September 12, 2017. He was born and raised in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He worked at Amana, now known as Daikin, for...

It is with great regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Thomas Dale Fernand Tacon, Sr., age 66, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Tacon was born on December 23, 1950 in Mobile, AL to the late Tate Aristede Shelton Tacon, Sr. and Barbara Rose Byrd Tacon. He served in the...

Funeral service for Mrs. Maggie Elizabeth Dale Boaz, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 3 PM at Prosperity ARP Church with Bro. Dana Crowell and Bro. Charles Edgar officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery....

Marvin Leonard Fillyaw, Jr. was born on June 4, 1974 in Harvey, Illinois to Marvin Fillyaw, Sr. and Vivian Diane Fillyaw. He was the second child born to this union. He was preceded in death by his father, Marvin, Sr.. Marvin had an easy smile and a quick laugh. In...

Mr. Surrett was a native of Madison County, Alabama and born on February 3, 1953 to the late Harold and Edith Louwella Smith Surrett. He passed away on September 8, 2017 at Jackson General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Survivors include a uncle, Donald Surrett; cousins,...

Graveside service for Mrs. Vickie Lynn Wimberley, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Monday, September 11, 2017 at 12 PM at Flintville Cemetery with Bro. Sean Thompson officiating. Vickie was born on September 28, 1955 in Sumter, SC to Dorothea Mae and the...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mrs. Cynthia Watson Blaylock, age 49, of Fayetteville, TN. Cynthia passed away suddenly on September 5, 2017 at her residence. Survivors include her husband, Scott Blaylock of Fayetteville, TN; daughters, Tiffany...

Graveside funeral service for Mrs. Karen Dollar Beddingfield, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Barnes Cemetery with Bro. Thomas Smith officiating. Mrs. Beddingfield was born on January 3, 1956 in Lincoln County,...

Graveside service for Mr. Larry Russell Shelton, age 68, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Friday, September 1, 2017 at 2 PM at Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Shelton was born on October 14, 1948 in Fayetteville, TN to Ernestine Trentham...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Donald Porter, age 90, of Flintville, TN. Mr. Porter passed away on August 29, 2017 at his residence. Donald was born on July 29, 1927 in Greenville, TX to the late Joseph Richard and Josie LeAnn Porter. He served...