Obituaries

Funeral service for Mrs. Jeweldean Marie McBay Thompson, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Thompson passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Dorothy Simonton Johnson, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Johnson passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Covenant Manor. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Oliver, MO, the daughter of the late Ralph Waldo and Gertrude...

  Funeral service for Mr. Ralph Phil Templeton age 68, of Taft, will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Wednesday August 17, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Dicky Sebastian and Rev. Jason Ramsey officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Mr. Templeton...

Funeral services for Mr. Duncan Arthur Talley age 58 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday, August 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Talley passed away August 9,...

Funeral service for Mrs. Eva Lee Kent age 84, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Mr. Roy Kent in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Ricky Neal Simmons, age 58, of Flintville. Mr. Simmons passed away August 8, 2016 at Huntsville Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County and son of the late Tom and Sarah Jean Patterson Simmons. Mr. Simmons was an...

Funeral services for James Willie Hancock, age 85 of Murfreesboro, will be conducted Sunday August 7, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mitchell Gardner. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside his wife Maxine Hancock. Mr. Hancock passed away...

Funeral service for Mrs. Carol L. Miller, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, August 8, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Miller passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016 at NHC...

Funeral service for Christine Warren, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens, beside the love of her life Roy Warren....

Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Ann Mitchell, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, August 5, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell passed away Wednesday,...

Funeral service for Mr. Patrick Deweese, age 58, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Deweese passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the Huntsville Hospital....

Funeral service for Mr. James Alton Woodard, age 79, of Petersburg, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in Talley Cemetery. Mr. Woodard passed away Sunday, July 31,...

Linda Tyler Springthorpe, age 72, of Fayetteville passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her residence. A native of Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Virginia Watson Tyler, an AKC Professional Handler and a member of the Fayetteville...

Funeral services for Philip Ray Barnes, age 74, who passed into eternal rest July 30, 2016, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee will be held on Monday, August 1, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Todd Gaskill and Rev. Joe...

Funeral services for Mr. William Robert “Bill” Carter, Jr., age 55, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, August 1, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward and Rev. Will Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mr....

Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Neil Forrester Moore, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Moore...

Micah Stanley Trentham, 36, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday (July 19, 2016). Micah was a native of Fayetteville, TN, and is the son of Stanley R. Trentham and Ginger Trentham. Micah is survived by his parents, son, Daiten Trentham, sister Gina Lee, brother-in-law...

Visitation for Mr. Roy Edward Phillips, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Friday, July 29, 2016 from 5 until 8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery in Amory, MS on Sunday, July 31, 2016 following a graveside service at 2 p.m....

Dot Powelson passed away at the glorious age of 91 and went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 25, 2016. Funeral service for Mrs. Dorothy Lee Powelson of Fayetteville, formerly of Nashville and Franklin, will be conducted 10 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2016 at...

Funeral services for Anita Strong Lawson, age 59, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Lawson passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016. Mrs. Lawson was a native...

Funeral services for Michael Wayne Callaway, age 62, of Columbia, will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Callaway was the son of the late Samuel McReynolds and...

A celebration of life for Mrs. Pamela Lee Cox, age 71, of Fayetteville, Tennessee will be conducted 3 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Cox was a native of Milwaukee, WI and daughter of the late Raymond Earl and Diana Gaylen Mitchell. She was...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Linda Gayle Hodge, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of New Boston, TX. Mrs. Hodge passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Hodge was the daughter of the late Tom E. and Erline Hodge. She was a...

Funeral services for Bro. Odie Russell Hunter, age 93, of New Market, AL, will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Stateline Cemetery. Mr. Hunter was the son of the late Odie Henry and Virginia Cole Hunter. He was...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Scotty Phelps, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Phelps passed away July 14, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Phelps was the son of the late Pen and Hazel Johnson Phelps. He was a grounds keeper and maintenance man for many...

Memorial service for Mr. Stephen L. Goodine, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Prospect Baptist Church with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Mr. Goodine passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at the Huntsville Hospital. Mr....

Funeral service for Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Harris Crews, age 90, of Taft, TN, will be conducted Monday, July 11, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Drake officiating. Burial will follow in Stateline Cemetery. Mrs. Crews passed away Saturday, July 9,...

Lois Dean Smith Hughes passed from this life into her new life with her Lord and family in Heaven. Lois was preceded in death by her husband William T. Hughes, two sons Lannie Hughes and Dannie Hughes, granddaughter Donna Ellard, her parents Herman and Lena Smith,...

A Celebration of Life for Mr. Landon Tanner Taylor, age 16, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Bates and Bro. Wayne Hollingsworth officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. His...

Funeral services for Robert Lloyd (Bob) Selby, age 73, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Leith Konyndyk and Paul Selby officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Selby...

A life celebration for Lucille Trivitt Alford, age 97, of Fayetteville, formerly of California, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Alford was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester Trivitt. Mrs. Alford is survived by her...

Graveside services for Debbie Eleftheriou, age 58, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Eleftheriou was the daughter of the late Lewis Gatlin and Mary Goin Crowder. Mrs. Eleftheriou is survived by a son Nick...

Funeral service for Mrs. Rowena Terry Cox, age 106, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, June 27, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John Ed Underwood officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Cox passed away Friday,...

Funeral services for Mr. Ricky Franklin Hopkins age 63, of the Kirkland Community, will be conducted Friday June 24, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Hopkins passed away June 21,...

Funeral service for Mr. Rogers Towry, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Will Wells and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery....

Funeral services for Mr. Luther Melvin (Luke) Mearse age 63, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Herbert Mann and Andrew Pamplin officiating.  Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial...

Funeral service for Mrs. Edith Hillis Caldwell, age 87, of Clarkrange, TN, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery. Mrs. Caldwell passed away Thursday, June 16, 2016...

Funeral services for Wilma Faye Sisco Buchanan, age 80, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 1 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ron Arrick officating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband, Henry Grady “Catfish”...

A Celebration of Life for Dr. Maurice M. “Mickey” Hallum, III, age 81, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 A.M. Saturday June 25th, 2016 at the Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Carol Tate officiating. Dr. Hallum passed away Wednesday June 15, 2016...

Funeral services for William Joseph Harp, age 77 of Flintville, will be conducted Monday, June 20, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with J.P. Steel officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Harp passed away Monday June 13, 2016...