Obituaries

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...

Funeral service for Mr. Fred Edward Johnson, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Friday, September 1, 2017 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Mr. Jayson Davis officiating. Burial to follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Mr. Johnson was born on March 2, 1927 in...

Margaret “Margie Elizabeth Bohannon, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN passed into everlasting life with God, August 27, 2017, after a short illness. She was a saved Baptist by faith. Margie was born January 21, 1953 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to Daniel and Margaret...

Funeral service for Mr. Fred Rayburn Grigsby, age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Dana Crowell and Pastor Charles Edgar officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Grigsby was born...

Graveside service for Mr. Charles Edwin Benjamin, Jr., age 76, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 3:30 PM at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Pastor Lon Ostryzycki officiating. Burial will be next to his beloved wife of 53 years,...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Janice “Jan” Halcomb Bolner, age 75, of Fayetteville TN. Mrs. Bolner passed away on August 23, 2017 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Thomas E. Bolner, Jr.; daughters, Pam Gentry (Mike) and...

Memorial service for Jennifer Ann Hardiman, age 45, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 3 PM at Kirkland Baptist Church with Bro. Tony Lee Hardiman officiating. Mrs. Hardiman passed away on August 22, 2017 at her residence. She was a very...

Ray Gene Groce, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2017 at Donalson Nursing Home. Gene was born to the late Robert and Lula Groce on November 25, 1927. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Groce; son, Tony Groce (Dianne); daughters Sandra...

Funeral service for Mrs. Alverine Swinford Askins, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens next to her husband, Robert...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert “Tony” Anthony Posey, age 71, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Dawkins officiating. Burial will be in Stewart Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Posey was a native...

John Walter Walden, Jr., age 83, of Arlington, Texas, went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2017. Mr. Walden was born March 27, 1934. Visitation with the family will be from noon to 2 PM, Saturday, August 19, 2017, followed by the funeral service at 2 PM at Higgins...

Graveside service for J.D. Merrell, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, August 18, 2017 at 1 PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will be beside his wife, Betty Jo Sams Merrell. Mr. Merrell, a native of...

Graveside service for Mrs. Wilma Lee Fuller Ables, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. at Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. Don Wallace and Bro. Ronnie Thomas officiating. Mrs. Ables passed away August 14, 2017 at Huntsville...

Funeral service for Delma Pauline Beddingfield Smith, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery beside her husband, Thomas H. Smith,...

Funeral service for Mr. Tony Ray Sims, age 49, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, August 14, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sims was born on September 25,...