Obituaries

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...

Funeral service for Robert Steven “Goat” Gardner, age 52, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Monday, July 17, 2017, at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Howard Riddle, Bro. Eddie Graves, and Bro. Shawn Lewis officiating. Burial to follow in Cedar Hills...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. James H. Lyle, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN. James passed away on July 13, 2017 at his residence. He worked as an Electrical Engineer with the US Army Civil Service and served in the United States Air Force during...

Funeral service for Doris Salters Jones, age 77, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted Friday, July 14, 2017 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating.  Burial to follow beside her husband Mr. Wesley Jones in New Sharon Cemetery. Mrs....

Funeral Service for Ms. Betty Johnson, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 3 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Wright officiating. Burial to follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Ms. Johnson passed away on July 6, 2017 at...

Gradie Dale Brown - 97, Fayetteville, TN. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Mullins Family Cemetery. Mrs. Brown passed away July 5, 2017. Mrs. Brown was born in Dekalb County, TN on July 11, 1919. She was the daughter of the...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. James Wayne Mason, age 63, of Fayetteville, TN. A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Mason was the son of the late James David and JoAnn Williams Mason. Survivors include his cousins Betty Abernathy, Susan Meeks, and...

Graveside service for Miss Teresa Fisk, age 59, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 11 AM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ron Arrick officiating. Miss Fisk passed away July 4, 2017 at Lincoln Medical Center. Teresa, a native of...

Funeral services for Ricky Joe Maddox, age 65, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery with Don Dickey, Bill Cunningham, Stan Golden, Stanley...

Graveside service for Mr. Tom Allen Ables, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 2:30 PM at Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. Don Wallace and Bro. Ronnie Thomas officiating. Mr. Ables passed away June 29, 2017 at Lincoln Medical Center. Tom...

Funeral services for Mr. David Wayne Putman, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. John Hathcock officiating. Burial to follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Putman passed away on June 25, 2017 at...

Funeral service for Mrs. Morelle L. Eley, age 92, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 12 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. A native of Huntland, TN, Mrs. Eley is the...

Mrs. Forrester, age 85, passed away on June 22, 2017 at her home in Fayetteville, TN. A native of Fayetteville, she was the daughter of the late Moody and Pearl Monks Harris. While in high school, she formed “The Harmony Trio” and they sang at school and had a program...

A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Billie Sue Watkins Presti, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4 PM at St. Anthony Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. George Panthananickal officiating. Burial to follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Presti passed...

Funeral service for Annie Ruth Wright, age 82, of Chattanooga, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Wright officiating. Annie Ruth lived her life as a Godly woman and her favorite verse from the Bible was...

Funeral service for Mr. Douglas Franklin Green, age 76, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, June 19, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Terrell Bain officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Green passed away on Friday, June 16, 2017....

Bernadette C. Sokol, 85, of Fayetteville, Tenn., died peacefully on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, Ala., after a long illness. Mrs. Sokol is survived by five sons, Steven (Lea), of Fountain City, Ind., Mark (Teresa) of Eden Prairie,...

Mrs. Ruth E. Fife, age 85, of Cedartown, Ga., passed away on Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017 following an extended illness. Mrs. Fife was born on August 7, 1931 in Brownsville, Tennessee, daughter to the late James Fred Edmonds & Lenora Tate Edmonds. In addition to...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mr. Clyde Harold Shelton. Clyde passed away after a brief illness comfortably in the arms of his beloved wife of 62 years, Mrs. Sara West Shelton. Clyde was born in Taft, Tennessee on March 07, 1931. He worked...

Graveside service for Mrs. Suzanne Dews Benjamin, age 76, of Fayetteville will be conducted 10 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2017 at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens, with Pastor Phillip Eady officiating. Mrs. Benjamin passed away June 10, 2017 at her residence. Mrs....

It is with regret that we announce the death of Dawn Danielle Raymond, age 49, of Fayetteville, TN. Dawn passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017 at her residence. She was a native of Grand Prairie, IL and a homemaker for many years. She is the daughter of the late Alice...

Funeral service for Mrs. Katherine “Kitty” H. Frazier, age 90, of Kelso, will be conducted Saturday June 10, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow beside her first husband Dick Holley in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs Frazier passed away June 8, 2017 at...

Willie D. Slone, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away June 5, 2017 at Huntsville Hospital. Willie, a native of Knott County, KY, was the son of the late Melvinia and Daniel Slone. He worked as a department manager for Silgan Plastics in Ligonier, IN for many...

Funeral services for Neva Beth Pigg, age 54, of Petersburg, will be conducted Tuesday June 6, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Jason Pagel and Bro. Ellis Coats officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Ms. Pigg passed away June 4, 2017...

Service for James Robert “JR” Barnes, age 32, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, June 2, 2017 at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Brian Bult officiating. Burial to follow at Barnes Cemetery. Mr. Barnes passed away on May 29, 2017 at his home in...

Funeral Mass for Marilyn Ellerbe Broderick, age 55, of Taft, TN, will be conducted Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 1 P.M. at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church with The Reverend Jason S. Terhune officiating. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to the...

Visitation for Chet Dailey, age 66, of Fayetteville will be held Friday, June 2, 2017 at 3:30-5:00 P.M. with service to follow at 5:00 P.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Celebrant Jayson Davis officiating. Chet, a native of Virginia, was the son of the late Patricia...

Funeral services for Ida Ruth Lineberger Smith, age 88, of Petersburg, TN, will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Mike Shaneyfelt officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Smith passed away May 24, 2017 at...

Funeral service for Mr. Jeffrey “Jeff” Alan Pamplin, age 56, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Tim Rice officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Pamplin passed away May 20, 2017 in...

Wanda Mitchell King, age 70, of the Hardison Mill / Pottsville Community in Maury County died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Vanderbilt University Critical Care Unit in Nashville, following a sudden illness. Wanda was born in Trenton, Tennessee in Gibson County on July 29,...

Memorial service for Margit Sams Walker (Miss Marge), age 62, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, May 22, 2017 at 5 P.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Don Gray officiating. Mrs. Walker passed May 19, 2017 in her home. She was born in Butzbach, Germany...

Memorial service for Stephen Alexander Bowman, age 78, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, will be held Friday, May 19, 2017 at 10 A.M. at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church with Rev. Jason Terhune. Mr. Bowman was a native of Denver, Colorado. He attended SMU in Dallas and...

  Funeral service for Scott Smartt will be conducted Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 2 P.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Mayo officiating. Burial to follow in Moores Cemetery. A native of Franklin County, TN, he was the son of Genia Worley and Greg...

Funeral service for Willie Clayton Holder, age 91, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted Friday, May 19, 2017 at 2 P.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Pierson officiating. Burial to follow at Mulberry Cemetery. Mr. Holder passed away May 17, 2017 at Donalson...

Funeral service for Mrs. Shirley Lynn Reese Martin, age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday, May 19, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, TN. Mrs. Martin passed away May 15, 2017 in Huntsville...

Funeral service for Mrs. Myrtice Elaine Rutledge Holder, age 87, of Flintville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Jerry Gatlin and Bro. Ron Thomas officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Clyde Layman Holder in...

Andrew Earl Hinson was born October 3, 1933 in Hohenwald, Lewis County, TN, as the second child of the late Everette Elvin Hinson and the late Hazel Lavonia Talley Hinson. He returned to The Kingdom on May 11, 2017. He grew up in Hohenwald, attended school there and...

Graveside service for Mr. John Douglas Douthit, age 73, of Fayetteville, will be held Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 3 P.M. at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. John Sanders officiating. A native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, Mr. Douthit was the son of the late Margie and Cheatham...

Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Corrine Bryant, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Riddles officiating. Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery. Mrs. Bryant passed away on the morning of May...