Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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, 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),...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

  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...

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....

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...

Funeral service for Corrine Thrasher, age 71, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Ms. Thrasher passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at Donalson Skill Care Center. Ms....

Funeral service for Mrs. Mable Katherine Woodard, age 88, of Chelsea, AL, will be conducted Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Woodard passed away...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Cari Lynne Bennett, age 54, of Petersburg, TN. Mrs. Bennett passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at her residence. A memorial service is being planned at a later time in Michigan. Higgins Funeral Home is assisting...

Mrs. Ermalyn Sowell Bedwell, age 67, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at her home in Hazel Green, AL surrounded by her family. They were members of Plainview Church of Christ. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 25, 2016 at Higgins...

Funeral service for Mr. Darrell Lee Horn, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday, January 22, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Fairview Fellowship Church with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery. Mr. Horn passed away Wednesday, January...

Graveside service for Mrs. Altie Avaleen McKin, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. at Lincoln Cemetery. Mrs. McKin passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. McKin was a native of Lincoln County, the...

Funeral service for Mrs. Peggy McFerrin, age 89, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday, January 18, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McFerrin passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the Donalson Care Center....

Funeral service for Mr. Ralph E. Parkes, age 95, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Ralston officiating. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery. Mr. Parkes passed away Wednesday, January 13,...

Funeral service for Mr. Benito “Ben” V. Leal, age 94, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jack V. Carney officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery with Military Honors. Mr. Leal passed...

Memorial services for Lindey Jane Gifford, age 18 of Taft will be conducted Saturday January 2, 2016 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Will Harris officiating. Miss Gifford passed away Tuesday December 29, 2015. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter...

Funeral services for Bobbie Lou Hill, age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday December 31, 2015 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Hill passed away Monday December 28,...

Funeral services for Vida Jennings Yates, age 88 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday December 31, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Edgar and Rev. Dana Crowell officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mrs. Yates passed away...

Visitation for Mrs. Sue Jo Branson, age 88, of Fayetteville, will be 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Higgins Funeral Home. No services will be held. Mrs. Branson passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015 at her daughter's residence. Mrs....

Mrs. Sarah Virginia Rogers Cowley, age 89, of Fayetteville died Thursday December 24, 2015 following a long illness. A native of Moore County, Tennessee she was the daughter of the late Johnnie “John” Luther Rogers and Elizabeth “Betty” Sullenger Rogers. Mrs. Cowley,...

Funeral service for Mr. Charles William Brown, age 91, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday, December 28, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tony Billions and Bro. Don Gatlin officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Brown...

Graveside service for Mrs. Ruth Ables Douglas, age 84, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at Kelso Cemetery with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Mrs. Douglas passed away Friday, December 25, 2015 at Vanderbilt University...

Graveside services for Ruth Key, age 79 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday December 27, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Lincoln Cemetery with Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Mrs. Key passed away Tuesday December 22, 2015 at Lincoln Care Center. Mrs. Key was a native of...

Funeral services for Roy French “Harp” Harper, age 81 of Petersburg, will be conducted Wednesday December 23, 2015 at 1 PM at Medium United Methodist Church with Bro. Tony Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Short Cemetery. Mr. Harper passed away Sunday...

Graveside services for Ruth Rogers Joynes, age 95 of Springfield formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday December 26, 2015 at Stateline Cemetery at 11:30 AM with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mrs. Joynes passed away December 21, 2015 Northcrest Care...

Funeral services for Cecil Royce Duniven, age 75 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday December 21, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Duniven passed away Wednesday December 16,...

Funeral services for Aubrey E. Steger, age 74 of Vanntown, will be conducted Saturday December 19, 2015 at 1PM at the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Milton Martin and Bro. Willard Medley officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr....

Funeral service for Mrs. Nargie Jean Duniven Mitchell, age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Ben Johnson and Pastor Raleigh East officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mrs....

Funeral service for Mrs. Billie Dean Scott, age 71, of the Yukon Community, will be conducted Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mrs. Scott passed away Friday,...

Funeral services for Ernest Levoy “Butch” Fitch, age 71 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday December 12, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Fitch passed away Wednesday December 9, 2015 in Huntsville...