Obituaries

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...

Funeral services for Dorothy JoAnn Barnes Jacobs, age 79, of Fayetteville will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes and Bro. Cleo Moon officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Jacobs went...

Funeral Services for Faye Newgent, age 74, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 10 a.m Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officating. Burial will follow in Moore Cemetery. Mrs. Newgent passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at the Donalson...

Funeral service for Mr. Billy H. Bennett, age 79, of Flintville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Kimery officiating. Burial will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Mr. Bennett passed away Thursday, June 9,...

Graveside service for Mr. Walter Kenneth Ivey, Sr., age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens at 23 Memory Ln., Fayetteville, TN 37334 with Bro. Emerson Lyle officiating. A Celebration of...

Funeral service for Mr. Joe Wayne Roper age 65, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday June 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mr. Roper passed away June 4, 2016 at Maury Regional...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Gregory Taylor, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Taylor passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016 at the Huntsville Hospital. Mr. Taylor was a native of Huddersfield, England, the son of Harry Taylor and the late Joy...

Funeral service for Mr. William H. Torman, age 82, of Petersburg, TN, will be conducted Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Torman passed away Friday, June 3, 2016 at the...

Funeral service for Mrs. Doris Ruth Egan Laney, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, June 4, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Billions officiating. Burial will follow in Buntley Cemetery. Mrs. Laney passed away Thursday, June 2,...

Funeral service for Mrs. Amanda Porter Smith, age 28, of Toney, AL, will be conducted Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Hale officiating. Mrs. Smith passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Huntsville Hospital. Mrs. Smith was a...

Funeral service for Mr. Ralph Wilson Smith age 77, of Delrose, will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Kirt Smith officiating. Burial will follow beside his wife Robbie Jane Mullins Smith in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed...

Funeral service for Ryland Mark Mitchell, infant son of Dylan and Kenzie Thorn Mitchell, will be conducted Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Mayo officiating. Survivors include parents Dylan and Kenzie Thorn Mitchell of...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. John Swift, age 62, of Petersburg, TN. Mr. Swift passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Swift was a native of Grafton, Massachusettes, the son of the late James and Edith Swift. He was...

S.J. King, a life long resident of Lincoln County and former mayor of the City of Fayetteville, passed away peacefully at his home on May 20, 2016. He was age 89. He was preceded in death by his parents Sidney Johnston and Neice' Blaylock King, grandson Jonathan King,...

Funeral service for Carlos Wade “Bo” Mitchell, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Barry Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell passed away Thursday, May...

Funeral services for Jessie “Jay” Self, age 92, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Nichols and Bro. Don Schultz officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Self passed away...

Funeral service for Mrs. Norma Jean Mason Colbert age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday May 19, 2016 at 11a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Colbert passed away May 17, 2016 at...

Funeral service for Mrs. Peggy Jean Patterson, age 73, of the Coldwater Community, will be conducted Wednesday May 18, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Moede officiating. Burial will follow at Carter Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Patterson passed away...

Memorial service for Mr. Robert Allen Rogers, age 74, of Tullahoma, TN, will be conducted Monday, May 16, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Mr. Rogers passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Huntsville Hospital. Mr. Rogers was a native of Madison County, AL, the...

Funeral service for Andrew Storer age 31, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Mr. Storer passed away May, 13, 2016 in Huntsville Hospital surrounded by his loving family. A...

Graveside service for La'Naejha Marie Seay, infant daughter of Marcus and Tonesha Henderson Seay, will be conducted Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Antioch Cemetery. Miss Seay passed away Friday, May 13, 2016 at the Lincoln Medical Center. La'Naejha Marie Seay...

Funeral service for Elizabeth P. Jones, age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the McBurg United Methodist Church. Dr. Mark Brown will officiate. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Jones passed away Monday, May 9, 2016...

Funeral service for Mrs. Patricia Ann Surrett Crabtree, age 69, of Bethel Springs, TN, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lena R. Parker, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. David Taft officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Mrs. Parker passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 in...

Graveside service for Mr. Steve Wayne Craig, Sr., age 54, will be conducted Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10 a.m. in Booneville Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Hollingsworth officiating. Mr. Craig passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at the Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Craig was a native...

It is with regret we announce the death of Robert Keith McCarthy, age 85, of Fayetteville. Mr. McCarthy was the son of the late Eugene Kavnagh and Anna Virginia Dumler McCarthy. He passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at his residence. Mr. McCarthy is survived by his wife...

Funeral service for Mrs. Peggy Ann Lewter, age 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Lewter passed away Wednesday, May 4,...