Obituaries

Funeral service for Mrs. Trula Mae Wiseman Bennett, age 71, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday May 8, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Randy Nichols officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Earl Forrest Bennett in Lebanon Cemetery....

Funeral services for George JR. Jett, III, age 63, of Fayetteville, Tennessee will be conducted Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Talley Cemetery. George was a native of Davidson County,...

Visitation with the family for Jimmy R. Broadway, age 83, of Fayetteville, Tennessee will be held Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 4 until 6 P.M. at Higgins Funeral Home. Jimmy was a native of Lincoln County Tennessee. He was a past member of the Fayetteville Civitan Club and...

Funeral service for Tommy Wilson Brewer, age 74, of Fayetteville, Tennessee will be conducted Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial to follow at Lone Oak Cemetery. Mr. Brewer passed away May 1, 2017 at his...

Thomas Henry Moyers, age 85, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee passed away April 27 after a brief illness with his family at his side. Thomas graduated from Blanche High School in Lincoln County in 1950. Following graduation he served in the United States Army during the...

Funeral service for Mr. William Bruce Stocstill, age 85, of Nashville, will be conducted Saturday April 29, 2017 at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Ross officiating. Burial to follow at Shady Grove Cemetery. Mr. Stocstill passed away April 25, 2017. A...

Linda Diane (Lindsey) Medley, age 62, passed away Tuesday April 25, 2017 at Centennial Medical Center. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late G.C. (Lightning) and Annie Ruth Patterson Lindsey, the granddaughter of the late Woodrow and Alma...

Funeral service for Mrs. Ruby Joyce Woodard, age 78, of Petersburg, will be conducted Saturday April 22, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Don Hudson and Dr. John Hathcock officiating. Burial to follow at Talley Cemetery. Mrs. Woodard passed away...

Memorial service for Mrs. Cindy Morrow, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday April 20, 2017 at 6 p.m. at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. John Hathcock officiating. Mrs. Morrow passed away April 17, 2017 at Bailey Manor. A native of...

A memorial service for Mrs. Ramona Jo Doyle, age 86 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday April 19, 2017 at 1 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, with Father Jason Terhune officiating. Mrs. Doyle passed away April 15, 2017 in Huntsville Hospital. A...

Funeral service for Mr. Dwight Jordon Eakes, age 60, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen Young officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery. Mr. Eakes passed away April 13, 2017 at his...

Graveside funeral services for Avery Cain Walden, of Mulberry, will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Pierson and Bro. Roger Bates officiating. Avery was born January 26, 2017 to Cory Edward and...

  Funeral service for Mr. Jonathan Wayne Whitfield, age 40, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday April 9, 2017 at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Jay Pope officiating. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery. Mr. Whitfield passed away April 5, 2017 in...

A celebration of life for Irene Elizabeth “Betsy” Bayless Thompson, age 93, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ann Hatcher and Rev. Will Wells officiating. She was born December 1,...

Graveside service for Mrs. Annie V. Henderson, age 84, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Rev. Eddie Graves officiating. Mrs. Henderson will be beside her husband Oscar Melvin Henderson who passed away in...

Funeral service for Mr. W. G. Thomas, age 91, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday April 3, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Oak Hill Baptist Church, with Bro. Tony Billions and Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside his wife Margaret Sue...

Funeral services for Jennifer McQuiston Rutkowski, age 45, of Petersburg, will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Ms. Rutkowski was a native of Madison County, Alabama and...

Funeral services for Mr. Charles Clifton Burton, age 76, of Petersburg, will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Spencer Thompson and Lynn Grimes officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with...

Funeral services for Ms. LoraLee “Freddie” Sheppard, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Wiser and Daniel Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Freddie was a native...

Funeral services for Mrs. Linda Lou Fladd Stroud, age 74, of Flintville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. John Neal officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Paul Richard Stroud in Pleasant...

Funeral service for Mr. Lyndal Mitchell, age 85, of Frankewing, TN will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Dwight Smith, Rev. John Sanders and Rev. Tommy Fraley officiating. Burial will follow in Storey Cemetery. Mr....

A celebration of life for Mr. Christopher Lee Motl, age 27, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 7 p.m. Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Pierson officiating. Mr. Motl was a native of Berwyn, Illinois and son of Ronald Paul Motl of Cornell, IL...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Anna May Langdon Murray, age 85, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Mrs. Murray was a native of Mt. View, Missouri and daughter of the...

Edward Mitchell, 89, of McBurg, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at his home. Mr. Mitchell was a native of Lincoln County and was the son of the the late Walter S. Mitchell and Ima J. Storey Mitchell.  He was a member of Beech Grove United...

A funeral mass for Mr. Charles Walter Gannon, age 85, of Petersburg, Tennessee will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2017 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. George Panthananickal officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mr. Gannon was...

Funeral services for Mr. Jeffrey Adam Eakes, age 29, of Petersburg, will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee and Matthew Sullenger officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Adam...

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Maybelle Reese Harry, age 85, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Will Wells and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar...

Funeral services for Mr. Dean Carlisle, age 61, of Meridianville, Alabama, will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell and Bro. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Carlisle was a...

Funeral service for Mr. Willie C. Towry, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Towry passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017 in...

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ruth Burns Mitchell, age 85, of Frankewing, will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Bee Springs Cemetery beside her husband James Marion Mitchell,...

Funeral services for Mr. William Thomas Welch, age 79, of Petersburg, will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Benny Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Welch Cemetery. Mr. Welch was a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee...

A memorial service for Mrs. Mildred Judia “Judy” Bryant, age 102, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Father Jason Terhune and Rev. Will Wells officiating. Internment will be at Lebanon...

Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Campbell Holder, age 95, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Hollow Cemetery beside her husband, Robert Lee Holder,...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Carole Jean Wear Walters McGrath, age 72, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Lincoln Cemetery with Pastor Darrell Fannin Officiating. Mrs. McGrath was a native of Arkansas and daughter of the late...

Funeral services for Mrs. Truvella Whisenant Laten Tarpley, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, February 27, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. William “Bill” Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens next to her...

Ann Love Whittemore passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon, February 19, 2017, from stroke complications, surrounded by her family who loved her dearly. She was a devoted mother, friend of many, and a beloved school teacher in Fayetteville, Tennessee for many...

Graveside funeral services for Miss. Dorvalyn Jean, age 88, of Birmingham, Alabama, will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Miss. Jean was a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee and daughter of the late Dorval and Carline...

Funeral services for Mrs. Janice Gail Sharp, age 72, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mrs. Sharp was a native of Lincoln County,...

Funeral services for Mr. Gordon Edward Brannon, age 79, of Kelso, will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Alabama. Mr. Brannon was a native of...

Graveside services for Mrs. Lucy Mae Tucker Snoddy, age 81, of Auburn, Alabama, will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2017 at Stewart's Cemetery with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Mrs. Snoddy passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Bethany House in...