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John Herbert Lowry
Graveside memorial service for Mr. John Herbert Lowry age, 82, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday at Melson Cemetery, with Dr, Ronnie Gay officiating. Mr. Lowry passed away March 22, 2016 at Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Lowry was a native of Cook...

Donald Schoenrock
Funeral services for Donald Eugene Schoenrock, 89, of Lincoln County will be held Thursday, March 24th at 10:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 23rd from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home...

Dwight Pepper
Funeral service for Mr. Dwight Pepper, age 64, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday, March 21, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Pepper passed away March 19, 2016 in Huntsville Hospital. A...

Jennifer Kate Berngruber
Memorial service for Jennifer Kate Berngruber, age 32, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Ms. Berngruber passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Harton Regional Medical Center. Ms. Berngruber was...

Mr. James D. Fanning
Funeral service for Mr. James D. Fanning, age 75, of Elora, TN, will be conducted Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Cole officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery. Mr. Fanning passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at...

Mrs. Geneva Thrower Phillips
Funeral service for Mrs. Geneva Thrower Phillips, age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Clardy officiating. Burial will follow Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips passed away...
Nathan John Caswell, Jr
Graveside service for Nathan John Caswell, Jr., 2 weeks old, of McMinnville, TN, will be conducted Monday, March 14, 2016 at 11 a.m. in Lincoln Cemetery with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Nate passed away Friday, March 11, 2016 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, TN....
Pauline Maranda
Graveside service for Mrs. Pauline Maranda, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL. Mrs. Maranda passed away March 5, 2016 in Donalson Care Center. Mrs. Maranda was a native of Woonsocket,...

Connie Sawyers McDaniel
Graveside services for Connie Sawyers McDaniel, age 75, of Frankewing will be conducted Saturday March 5, 2016 at 1PM at Wright's Cemetery. Ms. McDaniel passed away Wednesday night at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late...

Annie Inez Hulsey
Funeral services for Annie Inez Hulsey, age 85 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 12 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Marion Pope officiating. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 10 a.m. until time of...

Joyce Ready Langford
Joyce Ready Langford, age 81, born September 19, 1934 died February 27, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. She was a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, born in Fayetteville. A member of the Boonshill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a homemaker. She is preceded in...

Dennis “Jody” Thurman Perry
Funeral services for Dennis "Jody" Thurman Perry, age 68 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday March 4, 2016 at 3PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Fletcher Smith and Bro. Bobby Bates officiating. Mr. Perry passed away Monday night in St. Thomas Rutherford...

Alice Lynn Edwards Parks
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Lynn Edwards Parks, age 82, will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery beside her husband of 63 years, Mr. Joe Lee Parks. Mrs....

Thomas Lloyd Young
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Thomas Lloyd Young, age 88, of Fayetteville. Mr. Young passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016. Mr. Young was a native of Madison County, AL, the son of the late Frank and Alice Scott Young. He worked for Amana and...

Stanley Ray Bradford
Funeral services for Mr. Stanley Ray Bradford, age 48, of Flintville, will be conducted Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 12 noon at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Bradford passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Centennial Medical...

Addea Rhea Swander
Funeral services for infant Addea Rhea Swander of Fayetteville will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Bro. Sunny Moore will officiate and burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery. Addea was the daughter of John C Swander and Shoshana L. Stovall...

Curtis William Parker
Funeral service for Curtis William Parker, age 30, of Frankewing, will be conducted Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. Van Johnson and Bro. Greg Wiser officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mr. Parker passed away...

William Curtis Hickson
Funeral service for Mr. William Curtis Hickson, age 68, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday, February 29, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Sis. Patricia Staggs and Bro. Erney Dawson officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial...

Jewell Johnson West
Funeral service for Mrs. Jewell Johnson West, age 102, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, February 22, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband James West Sr., in Wrights Cemetery. Mrs. West...

James Christian Rico
James Christian Rico, born March 11, 1990 died February 11, 2016. James (Jay) was the son of Antonio Rico of Los Angeles, CA and Sheila Locke Rico of Fayetteville, TN. In addition to his parents he is survived by sisters Alicia and Isabel and brother Miguel. Also...

Candice LaShea Newton
Funeral service for Candice LaShea Newton, age 21, of Elora, will be conducted Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Ms. Newton passed away Tuesday,...

Jennie Lee Kent
Funeral service for Mrs. Jennie Lee Kent, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Doyle Fanning officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Cemetery. Mrs. Kent passed away Thursday, February 11,...
James S. Mathis
Graveside service for Mr. James S. Mathis, age 90, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3 p.m. in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Russell of Parks City Baptist Church and Bro. F. Murray Mathis of Murfreesboro, TN...

Mildred Morris
Graveside service for Mrs. Mildred Morris, age 94, will be conducted Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 1 PM at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Shelbyville, TN. Mrs. Morris passed away February 10, 2016 at the Mt. Royal Towers in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Morris was a native of...

Buffy Winn
Funeral service for Buffy Winn age 44 of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday, February 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Self officiating. Burial will follow in New Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Winn passed away February 9, 2016. A native of Lincoln...

Evelyn Elizabeth Brown McCool
Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Elizabeth Brown McCool, age 85, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday February 11, 2016 at 10 am at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Milton Martin and Rev. Willy Banks officiating. Burial will follow in the McCool Family Cemetery...

Frankie Kim Stewart
Funeral services for Mr. Frankie Kim Stewart, age 53, of Fayetteville will be conducted 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Higgins Funeral Home. Bro. Tommy Howell will officate. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Stewart was the son of Thomas Ray and...

William Cannon “Bill” Holland, III
Graveside service for Mr. William Cannon “Bill” Holland, III, age 59, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday, February 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Holland passed away Monday, February 8, 2016 at the Huntsville Hospital. Mr. Holland was born in...

Winnifred “Winnie” Graham
Funeral service for Mrs. Winnifred “Winnie” Graham, age 95, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward and Rev. Will Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mrs. Graham...

Talafar Rae Bostick
Funeral service for Ms. Talafar Rae Bostick, age 40, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dean Ball officiating. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Bostick passed away Wednesday, February...

Mildred Stewart Pitts
Mildred Stewart Pitts, age 96, of Midlothian, VA, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Jack Pitts and daughter Betty Pitts Porter. She is survived by her son-in-law Arthur E. Porter, Sr. (Art),...

Catherine Phillips Campbell
Graveside service for Mrs. Catherine Phillips Campbell, age 91, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday February 5, 2016 at 10 am at Riverview Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Phillip D. Brown officiating. Mrs. Campbell passed away February 2, 2016 at Donalson Care...

Ethel Ann Ables
Funeral service for Ethel Ann Ables, age 81, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Ables passed away Monday, February 1, 2016 at the Lincoln Medical Center. Mrs....

Dean Smith Askins
Funeral service for Mrs. Dean Smith Askins, age 91, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, beside her late husband, William Roy...

Perry Wade Humphrey
Funeral service for Mr. Perry Wade Humphrey, age 55, of Kelso, will be conducted Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Humphrey passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Humphrey...

Thelma Ann Bates
Funeral service for Mrs. Thelma Ann Bates, age 75, of Taft, TN, will be conducted Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Chaplain Charles E. Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mrs. Bates passed away Thursday, January...

James David Hamilton
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. James David Hamilton, age 72, of Elora, TN. Mr. Hamilton passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hamilton was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the late James O. and Lucille West Hamilton....

Philip M. Higgins, Jr.
Graveside memorial service for Philip M. Higgins, Jr. (76) of Gainesville, VA will be conducted Saturday April 9, 2016 at 10 am at Rose Hill Cemetery with Dr. Larry Claborn officiating. Mr. Higgins passed away on January 25, 2016 after a short battle with...

Jewel Groce McNatt
Funeral service for Mrs. Jewel Groce McNatt, age 89, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Cantrell and Jason Weddington officiating. Burial will follow in Boonevile Cemetery beside her late husband Mr. L.R. McNatt....

Ruby Lorene Griffin Mitchell
Graveside service for Mrs. Ruby Lorene Griffin Mitchell, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 1 p.m. in Unity Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Lincoln Care Center. Mrs. Mitchell was a native of...