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Hayden W. Warden
Funeral service for Mr. Hayden W. Warden, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Warden passed away Wednesday,...

Ann Gardner Eady
Funeral service for Mrs. Ann Gardner Eady, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 11 a.m. at The Rock church with Rev. Elmore Torbert officiating. Burial will follow in Gardner Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Jo Anne Huffman
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Jo Anne Huffman, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Huffman passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Huffman was a native of Lincoln County, TN, the daughter of the late Bucky and Annie McKenzie...

George “Eddie” Hastings, Jr.
Funeral service for Mr. George “Eddie” Hastings, Jr., age 58, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John King and Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mr....

Ernestine A. Wilson
Graveside service for Mrs. Ernestine A. Wilson, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, November 28, 2016, at 1 p.m. in Lebanon Cemetery with Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Mrs. Wilson passed away Friday, November 25, 2016, at the Lincoln Medical Center....

Dorothy Jones Hill
Funeral service for Mrs. Dorothy Jones Hill, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bryan Bult officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Hill passed away Wednesday, November...

James “Jim” Holland King
A memorial service for James “Jim” Holland King, age 71, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 4 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Johnson officiating. Mr. King passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 at his residence. Mr. King was a...

Dorothy Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Hill, age 89, will be conducted Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, November 27, 2016 from 12 until 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral...

James “Jim” Edward Hudson
A memorial service for Mr. James “Jim” Edward Hudson, age 97, of Petersburg will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2016 at Howell Church of Christ with Bro. Wayne Porter officiating. Mr. Hudson was a native of Kingston, NC and son of the late James Finnah...

Mary Lou Hayes Flynt
Graveside services for Mrs. Mary Lou Hayes Flynt, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Prosperity Cemetery, with Bro. Tommy Howell officiating. Mrs. Flynt was a native of Lincoln County and daughter of the late J.L. and Eva...

Estelle Langley
Funeral service for Mrs. Estelle Langley, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, November 18, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Darryl Anderson and Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Langley...

Laura Elizabeth Abbott Higgs
Funeral service for Laura Elizabeth Abbott Higgs, age 91, of Nashville, TN, will be conducted Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Boyette officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Higgs passed away Tuesday,...

Mary Jo Moorehead Hall
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Jo Moorehead Hall, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Paul Lafayette Hall in Riverview Memorial...

Ellen Marie Wright
Graveside service for Ms. Ellen Marie Wright, age 59, of Shelbyville, will be conducted 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Medium Cemetery, with Rev. Dwight Bledsoe officiating. Mrs. Wright passed away November 12, 2016 at her residence. A native of San...

Elaine Pullos McClure
Funeral mass for Mrs. Elaine Pullos McClure, age 86, of Springfield, IL will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Saint Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, TN, with Rev. Jason Terhune officiating. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Cemetery in...

William “Bill” Sanford Green
Funeral services for Mr. William “Bill” Sanford Green, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 11, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Jon Hathcock and Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens....

Charles “Buddy” Reese
Funeral services for Mr. Charles “Buddy” Reese, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton and Bro. Greg Wiser officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Reese...

James Stanley Mullins
Funeral service for James Stanley Mullins, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Bro. John Watkins and Bro. Tony Billions will officiating. Burial will follow in Melson Cemetery. He was a native...

Patricia “Pat” Dye
Funeral service for Mrs. Patricia Ann “Pat” Dye age 69, of Kelso will be conducted Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Scottie Case and Bro. Ronnie Case officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Dye passed away...

Opal Fay Gatlin
Mrs. Opal Fay Gatlin (Lowry), passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends, on November 4, 2016, in Manchester, Tennessee at the age of 102 after an extended illness. Opal Fay is preceded in death by her parents Samuel Frank Lowry and Minerva...

Odell McCoy Poteete
Funeral service for Mrs. Odell McCoy Poteete, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Poteete passed away...

Vicki R. Hedgspeth
Funeral service for Vicki R. Hedgspeth age 47, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Michael Mastin officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery. Vicki Rochelle Hedgspeth was born on January...

Donald F. Ables
Graveside service for Mr. Donald F. Ables, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, November 4, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in Lebanon Cemetery with Bro. Will Martin officiating. Mr. Ables passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at St. Thomas West in Nashville,...

Edward Clifford Askins
Funeral services for Edward Clifford Askins, 94, nickname “Rooster,” born March 29, 1926, of Fayetteville passed away October 25, 2016 at 6:50 a.m. at St. Thomas Hospital, after a long battle of Multiple Myeloma blood cancer. Services will be conducted Saturday,...

Linda LaRue Powell
Graveside service for Mrs. Linda LaRue Powell, age 67, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Stateline Cemetery. Bro. Dennis Sons will officiate. Mrs. Powell was a native of Huntsville, AL and daughter of the late Frank Edwin and...

Nelma J. Tucker
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Nelma Janet Tucker, age 79, of Cookeville, will be conducted Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Tucker was a native of Moscow, TX and daughter of the late Maurice Brennon and Abby Ann Hickman...

Keith Linzy Tipton
Graveside service for Mr. Keith L. Tipton, age 61, of Elora, TN, will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Rev. Benny Berry officiating. Mr. Tipton passed away Monday, October 10, 2016 at the Huntsville Hospital. Mr....

Donald Ray Swing
Funeral services for Donald Ray Swing, age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins and Bro. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Swing passed away...

Peggy Chick
Funeral service for Mrs, Peggy Chick age 78, of Fayetteville will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday, October 13 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Wayne Hollingsworth and Bro. Bobby Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband Bobby J....

Richard Joseph Smith
Funeral service for Mr. Richard Joseph Smith, age 56, of Miramar Beach, FL, and Birmingham, AL, will be conducted Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Friday, October 7, 2016, in...

Sybil M. Reavis
Funeral service for Mrs. Sybil M. Reavis, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell and Bro. David Spray officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Reavis passed away...

Randall Johnson
Graveside service for Mr. Randall Johnson, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Dennis Boggs delivering the eulogy. Mr. Johnson passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the Donalson Care...

Deborah Faulk
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Deborah Faulk, age 50, of Fayetteville, TN. Ms. Faulk passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at her residence. Ms. Faulk was born in Norwood, CA, the daughter of Bobby Gunter and the late Brenda Marshall Randolph. She...

Louis Balatoni
Graveside service for Louis Balatoni, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, October 7, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Leith Konyndyk and Paul Selby officiating. Mr. Balatoni passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at his...

Jackie Wayne Edwards
Graveside services for Jackie Wayne Edwards, age 59, of Hazel Green, AL, will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Thursday October 6, 2016 at Flintville Cemetery, with Bro. Ray Edwards officiating. Mr. Edwards was the son of the late Surcey and Mildred Hazel Sharp Edwards. Mr....

Donald Edward Flynt
Graveside funeral service for Donald Edward Flynt, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted 3:30 pm Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Prosperity Cemetery. Rev. Tommy Howell will officiate. Mr. Flynt was a native of Lincoln County and son of the late Alva Lee and Ella...

Roy Lee “R.L.” Kent
Funeral services for Mr. Roy Lee “R.L.” Kent, Jr., age 68, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chad Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Kent passed...

Herman Wayne Lyell
Graveside service for Herman Wayne Lyell, age 54, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday October 1, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. at Flintville Cemetery, with Bro. Robert Doud and Ronnie Thomas officiating. Mr. Lyell passed away September 29, 2016 at his residence....

Ruby Elizabeth Rodgers
It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. Ruby Elizabeth Rodgers, age 84, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Rodgers was the daughter of the late Charlie and Rosie Thompson Hamlin. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, and was a member of the Jehovah's Witness. Mrs. Rodgers is...

Winslow Davenport, Jr.
Graveside service for Winslow Davenport, Jr., of Cornersville,TN, will be conducted Friday, September 23, 2016 at 12 p.m. in Medium Cemetery. Mr. Davenport passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Donalson Care Center. Mr. Davenport was a native of...