Obituaries

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,...

Funeral Service for Mrs. Velma Wright, age 93, of Flintville, will be conducted Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery beside her husband, Selma Cecil Wright. Mrs Wright...

Graveside service for Marie Monks Medley, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 2 PM at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Ms. Medley passed away on August 10, 2017 at Donalson Care Center. Marie is a...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Kathryn Lucinda Hargrove Swing, age 89, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Swing was a native of Madison County, Alabama and born on September 6, 1927 to the late William and Anna Hill Hargrove. She worked for Serbin, and later was...

Mrs. Willa Mae Hill died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, in Lynchburg, Tennessee, just ten days before her 86th birthday. She was born on August 12, 1931 to William and Twila Hixson in Darragh, PA. She was the youngest of five children, all of...

John Lloyd Shutt, at 99 years of age, passed away August 3, 2017 in Fayetteville.  A native of Nashville, he was the son of the late Henry Loyd and Johnetta Davis Shutt. He graduated from Davidson County Central High School and Peabody College for Teachers....

Jearlene Shelton Gilley, age 84, of Fayetteville, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2017 at Lincoln Care Center. She was the daughter of the late John Robert and Allie Hobbs Shelton, a member of the Maranatha Baptist Church and retired nurse from Huntsville Hospital....

Nell Ray Bearden Wilkes, 88, of Fayetteville passed away on Monday morning (July 31, 2017) at her home. Funeral service for Mrs. Wilkes will be conducted Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with pastors David Arrington and Sara Weber...

Funeral service for Sarah Irene Hunter, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hackney officiating. Burial to follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Hunter passed away on July 26, 2017 at...

Hunter Wayne Buchanan, infant son of Anthony and Tiffany Syler Buchanan, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Survivors include his brother, Trenton Andrew Buchanan; paternal grandparents, Jeff and Brenda Bennett of Franklin County; maternal grandparents, Derrick...

Graveside funeral services for Virginia Mae Simms, age 94, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 10 a.m. Saturday, July 29 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Simms was a native of Madison County, Alabama and born to the late Roy and Bessie Taylor on April 20, 1923. She...

Jewell Shelton Tucker, age 96, returned to her Heavenly Father July 16, 2017. Born August 9, 1920 in Lincoln County Tennessee. Jewell was a long time resident of Lincoln County, Cumberland City, and Soddy-Daisy Tennessee. Jewell also resided in Louisville, Kentucky...

A celebration of life for Mr. Dennis Ken Whitt, age 60, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at the Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (19 Prosperity Church Road, Taft, Tennessee 38488). Mr. Whitt was a native of Lincoln...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Larry Delbert Colf, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Colf was a native of Ypsilanti, Michigan and son of Ester Louise Colf and the late Lester Lee Colf. He passed on July 14, 2017 at his residence. Survivors includes...