Obituaries

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...

Funeral service for Mrs. Nora Bell Cartwright, age 77, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday December 18, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow beside her husband Joe Perry Cartwright in the Booneville Cemetery. Mrs. Cartwright passed away...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. James C. Esslinger, who passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Esslinger was a native of Gurley, AL, son of the late James Campbell and Maude Haden Haislip Esslinger. He was a...

Funeral service for Mrs. Billie LouElla Gray Smith, age 88, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, December 19, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Andy Erwin and Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. She was the...

Funeral services for Robert Douglas Tyler, age 79, of Fayetteville,TN will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell, Ryan Tyler and Mackenzie Maddox officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Tyler...

Funeral service for Mrs. Nancy Ann Stubblefield, age 69, of Petersburg, TN, will be conducted Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Stubblefield passed away...

Funeral service for Mr. John Kenneth “Kenny” Counts age 67, of Elora, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Kip Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery. Mr. Counts passed away December 11, 2016 at his residence. A...

Funeral service for Mrs. Barbara Jean Kearns, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins and Bro. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs....

Memorial service for Mrs. Carolyn Lincoln Alkenburg, age 80, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs Alkenburg...

Funeral service for Mr. Lewis E. Forrester, age 92, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Dr. Jon Hathcock and Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial...

Funeral service for Mrs. Martha LaVerne McCaleb West, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday December 7, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Joe W. West in Higgins Cedar Hills...

  It is with regret we announce the death of Frances Areneva Smith Pigg, who passed away at the Lincoln Care Center on December 2, 2016, at the age of 97. Areneva was born on July 27, 1919, in Lincoln County, TN. A loving wife and mother, she was a homemaker and...

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,...

  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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....