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Ruth Key
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...

Roy French “Harp” Harper
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...

Ruth Rogers Joynes
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...

Cecil Royce Duniven
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,...

Aubrey E. Steger
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....
Melvin Hopkins
Funeral services for Melvin Hopkins, age 86 of Taft, will be conducted Friday December 18, 2015 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Wayne Harwell officiating. Burial will follow in the Neeley Cemetery. Mr. Hopkins passed away Tuesday December 15, 2015 at St....

Nargie Jean Duniven Mitchell
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....

Billie Dean Scott
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,...

Ernest Levoy “Butch” Fitch
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...

Jerry Lane Mitchell
Funeral services for Jerry Lane Mitchell, age 72 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday December 12, 2015 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Wayne Hollingsworth officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell passed away Wednesday...

Robert Lee Brewer
Funeral services for Robert Lee Brewer, age 83 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday December 10, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ed Johnson and Bro. Ian Bloxham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his son Robert...

Martha Jane Dollar Bogle
Funeral services for Martha Jane Dollar Bogle, age 77 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday December 5, 2015 at 12 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery beside her husband William Howard Bogle who...
Jesse David Moyers
Graveside services for Jesse David Moyers, age 90 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday afternoon December 4, 2015 at 2 PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Mr. Moyers passed away Tuesday December 1, 2015 at Lincoln Care Center. He...

Mamie Sue Smith
Funeral service for Mrs. Mamie Sue Smith age 82, of Flintville, will be conducted Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Winfred Stayton officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Smith passed away November 29, 2015...

Russell Edward West
Funeral service for Mr. Russell Edward West, age 88, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday November 30, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Greg Wiser officiating. Burial will follow beside his wife Janie Shelton West in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

William Wesley Lindsey
Graveside services for William Wesley Lindsey, age 74 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday November 29, 2015 at 11 AM at Carter Hills Cemetery with Bro. Pete Conley officiating. Mr. Lindsey passed away Thursday November 26, 2015 at his residence. A native of...

Mary Randolph
Funeral services for Mary M. Randolph, age 69 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday November 29, 2015 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Mrs. Randolph passed away Wednesday November 25, 2015...

Magdalene V. Maddox Milstead Thomas
Funeral services for Magdalene V. Maddox Milstead Thomas, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday morning November 28, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Gibson and Bro. Steve Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial...

Wilma Selvidge
Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Selvidge, age 80, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Sherry Jobe officiating. Burial will follow in Rice Cemetery in New Market, AL. Mrs. Selvidge passed away Saturday...

James Doyle Hardiman
Graveside services for James Doyle Hardiman, age 53 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 1:30PM at Kirkland Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at 2PM at the Kirkland Baptist Church with Bro. Tony Hardiman officiating. Doyle passed...

Emmett Thomas Fowler, Jr.
Funeral services for Emmett Thomas Fowler, Jr, age 81 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday November 22, 2015 at 2:30PM at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bryan Bult and Dr. Leslie Holmes officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins...

Thomas Owen Shelton
Funeral services for Thomas Owen Shelton, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday November 19, 2015 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Gracie Ennis Shelton who...

Patricia Ann “Patsy” Troupe
Funeral service for Patricia Ann “Patsy” Troupe, age 71, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville, TN. Ms. Troupe passed away Saturday, November 14,...

Goldie Wallen Phillips
Funeral service for Mrs. Goldie Wallen Phillips, age 94, of Taft, formerly of Chattanooga, TN, will be conducted Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, TN with Rev. Bryan Bult officiating. Burial will follow in Hooker Cemetery...

Kevin Lee Jones
Funeral services for Kevin Lee Jones, age 44 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday November 14, 2015 at 11 AM at the Prospect Baptist Church with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in the Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Jones passed away Wednesday November...
Mary Louise Bachman
It is with regret we announce the death of Mary Louise Bachman, age 94 of Fayetteville. Mrs. Bachman passed away Monday morning November 9, 2015 at Bailey Manor. She was a native of Athens, AL, and the daughter of the late Benjamin Lewis and Nina Hatchett Matlock. She...

Elizabeth “Betsy” Moore
Funeral services for Elizabeth “Betsy” Moore, age 86 of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday November 9, 2015 at 10 a.m. at the Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband of 57 years Mr. Harold Moore...

Mary Elizabeth Warren
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Warren, age 84 of Petersburg, will be conducted Friday November 6, 2015 at 11 am at the Hope Assembly of God Church with Bro. Phillip Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the Foster Cemetery. Mrs. Warren passed away Tuesday...
Joyce K. Decker
Joyce K. Decker, age 62, of New Lenox formerly of Woodale and the Chicago area, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Loving daughter of the late Bill and Edith (nee Steele ) Decker; beloved sister of Ron (Mignon) Decker, Ricky (Lana) Decker, Randy (Rhonda)...
Michael “Mike” Loyd Cannon
Graveside services for Michael “Mike” Loyd Cannon, age 55 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday November 4, 2015 at 1 PM at Kelso Cemetery. Mr. Cannon passed away Monday November 2, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the...

Glennis Pamplin Koonce
Funeral service for Mrs. Glennis Pamplin Koonce, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday November 3, 2015 at 12 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro Tim Rice officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart's Cemetery. Mrs. Koonce passed away Saturday October...
James King
Funeral services for James King, age 84 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday October 31, 2015 at 10am at the Brogan Avenue Baptist Church with Bro. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. King passed away Wednesday...

Larry Dennis Parks
Funeral service for Mr. Larry Dennis Parks, age 73, of Pendleton, OR, will be conducted Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Fayetteville First Methodist Church with Bro. Will Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Parks...
Ruth Burger Edwards
Ruth Burger Edwards of Fayetteville passed away on October 27, 2015 at the age of 84. She was a native of Isabella, TN and was married to the late William H. Edwards. She retired from Jack Daniel Distillery where she was an administrative assistant in the marketing...

Era Elizabeth Dickey
Funeral services for Miss Era Elizabeth Dickey, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday October 29, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Miss Dickey passed away Sunday...

Danny “Mickey” Lee
Funeral service for Mr. Danny “Mickey” Lee, age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Mr. Lee passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Lynchburg Nursing Home. Mr. Lee...
Charles David Cunningham
Charles "David" Cunningham, (October 4, 1963-October 23, 2015), age 52 passed away at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln Co and a resident of Shelbyville. David worked as a dispatcher for the Rutherford County Emergency Medical Service. David...

Thelma McWhirter
Funeral service for Mrs. Thelma McWhirter, age 79, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday, October 26, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mrs. McWhirter passed away Saturday, October...

June Emily McWithey
It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. June Emily McWithey age 84 of Flintville formerly of Poultney, VT. Mrs. McWithey passed away Friday October 23, 2015 at Donalson Care Center. She was a native of Rutland, VT and the daughter of the late Earl and Doris...

Barbara Kaye Hamlin Mason
Graveside service for Mrs. Barbara Kaye Hamlin Mason, age 69 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday October 22, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Lebanon Cemetery, with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Mrs. Mason passed away Monday October 19, 2015 at her residence. A native of...