Obituaries

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...

Funeral services for Mr. Christopher “Brad” Sisk, age 41, of Ardmore, Alabama will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral services for Mr. Michael Gordon “Big Stu” Stuart, age 75, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday, February 17, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Ed Keith will officiate. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mr. Stuart passed away peacefully at his...

Funeral services for Gregory Austin Harris, age 22, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Bro. Eddie Graves will officiate. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Austin was a native of Fayetteville and son...

A celebration of life for Mr. Patrick J. Soreng, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted 10 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg, TN. Mr. Soreng was a native of Chicago, Illinois and son of...

Funeral service for Mrs. Jean Sisk Brooks, age 74, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Greg Wiser officiating. Burial will be beside her husband James Clayton “Buddy” Brooks in Stewart's Cemetery....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mrs. Janis Lynn Morin, age 68, of Ardmore, TN. Mrs. Morin passed on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her family and special friends. She was a native of the country of Panama and daughter of the...

Altie Edmiston age 106 of Albion, MI went to be with her Lord on Monday, February 6, 2017 at her home under the loving care of her family and Hospice. She was born July 18, 1910 in Huntsville, Alabama the daughter of John and Mary Cathey. Altie enjoyed working on the...

Graveside service for Mr. George Black, age 93, of Palm Harbor, FL, will be conducted Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Black passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 in Palm Harbor, FL. Mr. Black was a native of Savannah, GA, the son of...

Mrs Gammon, affectionately known as "Big E" by those close to her, passed away on Friday, January 27th at her daughter's home. She was born on August 26, 1919 in Lincoln County Tennessee to the late Ervie and Fannie Mullins. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Funeral service for Martha Ruth Hastings, age 84, of Petersburg, TN, will be conducted Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mrs. Hastings passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the Tennova Health...

It is with regret we announce the death of Mr. Oscar Milton McWithey, age 88, of Flintville, formerly of Poultney, Vermont. Mr. McWithey passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Donaldson Care Center. He was a native of Poultney, VT and the son of the late Oscar...

Graveside services for Mr. Joe Douglas Askins, age 59, of Fayetteville will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Lebanon Cemetery, with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. He was a native of Lincoln County and son of the late Kenneth Howard and Alice Ruth...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Russell Dickey Parks, age 63, of Fayetteville. Mr. Parks passed away January 21, 2017 in Huntsville Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County, and son of the late Billy and Sue Dickey Parks. He worked for Ivy's...

Celebration of life for Jessica Beasley Colbert, age 29, of Fayetteville, TN, was conducted Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 12 noon at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Dr. Jon Hathcock and Rev. Jay Strother officiating with music provided by Jeremy and Mary...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Robert Lee Johnson, age 57, of Ardmore, TN. Mr. Johnson passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Johnson was a native of Yokosuka, Japan and the son of Kikuyo Margaret Sakai O'Neal and...

Funeral services for Robert Laud “Bob” Whitsett, age 84, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James West and Bro. Ronnie Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Military...

Funeral service for Mrs. Helen Henry Patrick Matthews, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. at the Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Carol Tate officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs....

Graveside service for Mrs. Jane Ayers Shelton, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 2 p.m. in Lincoln Cemetery with Rev. Tony Billions officiating. Mrs. Shelton passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at the Lincoln Care Center. Mrs....

Memorial service for Mrs. Betty Bagwell Roberts, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church. Mrs. Roberts passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Lincoln Care Center. Mrs. Roberts was...

Funeral service for Mr. Joe Frank Askew, age 77, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 3 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ann Hatcher, Rev. Will Wells, and Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill...

Funeral service for Mr. Billie Jack Netherland, Sr., age 81, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Washington Street Church of Christ, with Bro. Greg Wiser, Bro. Howard Elliott and Charles Gleghorn officiating. Burial will follow in...

Funeral service for Mr. Marvin Leon Hughes, age 95, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday January 3, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Charles Hammons officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr Hughes passed away December...

It is regret we announce the passing of Lisa Lynn Jennings, age 53, of Denham Springs, LA. Ms. Jennings was the daughter of James (the late Marilyn) Jennings and the late Janice Daniels (the late Phillip) Hopkins. She was a graduate of Lincoln County High School,...

Graveside service for Lossie Mai Kelley, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, January 6, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Pleasant View Cemetery with Pastor Wells officiating. Visitation with the family will be Friday, January 6, 2017 from 12 until 1 p.m. at the...

Graveside service for Mrs. Moyoko Thorpe, age 83, of Madison, AL, will be conducted Friday, December 30, 2016 at 11 a.m. in Wright's Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Mrs. Thorpe passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Thorpe was a...

Funeral service for Mrs. June Mitchell Sisco, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Leo Bechard officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Sisco passed away...

Funeral services for Eddie “Cheese” Eugene Smith, age 60, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mr. Smith was the son of the late Raymond Eugene Smith...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Leslie Rhiannon Oliver Lowry, age 33, of Manchester, TN. Mrs. Lowry passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 in Manchester, TN. Mrs. Lowry was a native of Bakersfield, CA, the daughter of Gregory Travis and Lisa Jones...

Graveside service for Mrs. Jane Ellen Spray, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of Nashville, TN, will be conducted Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Spray passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at the Huntsville...