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James “Jimmy” McArthur Renegar
Graveside services for James (Jimmy) McArthur Renegar, age 73 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday July 8, 2015 at 1:30pm at Medium Cemetery with Rev. Will Wells and Rev. Thomas Smith officiating. Mr. Renegar passed away Monday July 6, 2015 in Huntsville...

Garron Ronald Moyers
Funeral services for Garron Ronald Moyers, age 64, of Lebanon formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dan Bolin and Ricky Crabtree officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Moyers passed away Friday...

Jewel Good Early
Funeral services for Jewel Good Early, age 90 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday July 5, 2015 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Dana Crowell and Rev. Charles Edgar officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Early passed away...

William Joseph (Joe) Vann
Funeral services for William Joseph (Joe) Vann, age 88 of Flintville, will be conducted Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Flintville First Baptist Church with Rev. Josh Moran, Rev. Ian Bloxham, and Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow in...
Mildred Elizabeth Dilbeck
Mildred Elizabeth Whitmire Dilbeck, age 86, passed away on June 22, 2015 to join her Heavenly Father. Mildred was born on July 6, 1928 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and was the daughter of Earnest E. Whitmire and Annie Apel Whitmire. She was preceded in death by her best...
Phillip Loyd “Nick” Thomason
Funeral service for Mr. Phillip Loyd “Nick” Thomason, age 82, of the Boonshill Community, will be conducted Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Michael Thomason officiating. Burial will follow in Medium Cemetery beside his late wife...

Marie W. Hensley
Funeral services for Marie W. Hensley, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday June 17, 2015 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Will Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery beside her husband Charles M. Hensley who passed...

Ruby Osteen Fee
Funeral service for Mrs. Ruby Osteen Fee, age 84, of Hendersonville, TN, will be conducted Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Fayetteville ARP Church with Rev. Bryan Bult officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Fee passed away Saturday, June...

Winnie Lee Simms
Funeral services for Winnie Lee Simms, age 90 of Tullahoma, will be conducted Sunday June 14, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor David Wall officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband E. Grant Simms. Mrs. Simms passed away...

Constance Diane Thompson
Memorial services for Constance Diane Thompson, age 40 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday, June 12, 2015 at 7pm at West End Baptist Church with Bro. Mike Johnson and Bro. Van Johnson officiating. Diane went home to her Lord Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Vanderbilt...

Emma Dean Bell
Funeral services for Emma Dean Bell, age 73 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday June 11, 2015 at 4pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery beside her husband Jimmy Baites Bell. Mrs. Bell passed away...

Peggy Sue Swinford
Funeral services for Peggy Sue Swinford, age 67 of Taft, will be conducted Thursday June 11, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Swinford passed away Tuesday June 9, 2015 at her...

Thomas Andrew Young
Thomas Andrew Young, Ed.D., of Fayetteville, passed away, June 8, at 75-years-old. Mr. Young was born in Murfreesboro, and was the son of the late Thomas Esten and Christine Harrell Young. He served in the United States Army, and was an educator and coach in numerous...

Darren Huffman
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Darren W. Huffman, age 55, of Fayetteville. Mr. Huffman passed away Saturday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Mr. Huffman was a native of Lincoln County, the son of Jo Anne Pitts Huffman and the late Bobby...

Mary Evelyn Cummins Huggins
Mary Evelyn Cummins Huggins peacefully passed away in her sleep at Christwood on Saturday, June 6th. She was 95. Her family and friends will forever cherish her love, devotion and compassion. "Nana" was born in Fayetteville, TN on May 12th, 1920 to William Joseph...

Helen E. Buck
Funeral services for Helen E. Buck, age 87 of the Lincoln Community, will be conducted Sunday June 7, 2015 at 5 pm. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Marion B. Buck. Mrs. Buck...

Frances Delia Phelps
Funeral services for Frances Delia Phelps, age 80 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday June 7, 2015 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Edgar officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside her husband Edward “Bud” Phelps. Mrs. Phelps...

Nancy Lou Jacobs Hudson
Funeral services for Nancy Lou Jacobs Hudson, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday June 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dwight Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mrs. Hudson passed away Tuesday June 2, 2015 at...

Jean Holloway Hemphill
Memorial service for Mrs. Jean Holloway Hemphill, age 85, of McMinnville, TN, will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Higgins Funeral Home with Paul Roberts officiating. Mrs. Hemphill passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Centennial Medical Center in...

William Eugene “Bill” Fullerton
William Eugene “Bill” Fullerton of Petersburg died Saturday May 30, 2015 at the age of 93. Mr. Bill, a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and neighbor was a lifelong member of the Bledsoe “PoGrab” Church of Christ. Preceded in death in April 2012...
Richard Edward Lane
A memorial service for Mr. Richard Edward Lane, age 64, of Mulberry, will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Booneville United Methodist Church. Mr. Lane died Friday, May 29, 2015 in a farming accident while searching for a calf. He was the son of the late...

Junia Bea Baker
Funeral services for Junia Bea Baker, age 90 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday May 31, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Baker passed away Friday May 29, 2015 at...

Cayden Wesley Wayne Prince
Graveside service for Cayden Wesley Wayne Prince, age 1 month, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 11 a.m. in Valley View Memorial Gardens with Bro. James Strope officiating. Cayden passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at the Lincoln Medical...

William Knox Moore, Jr.
Funeral service for Mr. William Knox Moore, Jr. age 85, of Howell, will be conducted Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Moore passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at St....

Mike “River” Reagan
Visitation for Mr. Mike “River” Reagan, age 61, of Fayetteville,will be Wednesday May 27, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Elora Cemetery with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Mr. Reagan...

John L. Smith Jr.
Funeral service for Mr. John L. Smith Jr., age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Flintville Cemetery. Mr Smith passed away Monday, May 25,...

Barry Glenn Williams
Graveside service for Mr. Barry Glenn Williams, age 54, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Prospect Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Williams passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Williams was a native of Lincoln...

Hazel Hambrick Simms
Funeral services for Hazel Hambrick Simms, age 80 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Schultz officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Simms passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at...

Glenda June Horsley
Funeral services for Glenda June Horsley, age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating. Mrs. Horsley passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 in Huntsville Hospital after an extended...

Ralph Sterling Lester
Funeral services for Ralph Sterling Lester, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Lester passed away Saturday, May 9,...

Ernest Eady
ERNEST EADY, entered into rest on Thursday, May 8, 2015 in Nashville, TN surrounded by family. “Pops” as he was affectionately called was born on February 8, 1934 to the late Morris and Ella Eady in Lynchburg. Ernest was a 1955 graduate of West End High School....

Marjorie Richardson Stevenson
Funeral service for Marjorie Richardson Stevenson, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday May 6, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson passed away Sunday May 3,...

Mary C. Groce
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary C. Groce, age 89, of Lebanon, TN, will be conducted Tuesday May 5, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Ronnie Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her late husband Glen Groce. Mrs....

Wilma Eloise Roland Pigg
Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Eloise Roland Pigg, age 95 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday May 6, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Don Russell. Burial will follow in Rowland Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Pigg passed away Saturday May 2, 2015 at...

Wanda G. Rowell
Graveside services for Wanda G. Rowell, age 56 of Watseka, IL, will be conducted Friday May 8, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Kirkland Cemetery with Rev. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. Miss Rowell passed away Wednesday April 22, 2015 at Iroquois Memorial Hospital. She was a native...

Juanita Burns Mitchell
Funeral service for Juanita Burns Mitchell, age 89 of Frankewing will be conducted Friday May 1, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Monty Franklin officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery beside her husband Otis B. Mitchell who passed away...

Judith Sevier Weston Fowler
Funeral service for Judith Sevier Weston Fowler, age 74, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Reverend Bryan Bult of Fayetteville and Dr. Leslie Holmes of Augusta, GA will...

Lorraine Barrett Nichols
Funeral service for Lorraine Barrett Nichols, age 77 of Petersburg, will be conducted Wednesday April 29, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Rasnick and Bro.Tim Forsythe officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mrs. Nichols passed...

Helena Goodrich Bryson
Daity Helena Goodrich Bryson was born on Wednesday, February 3rd, 1932, to Henrietta Louise Robinson Goodrich Allen and William Lawrence Goodrich, Sr., in Fayetteville, TN, the eldest of five children. She was the valedictorian of her graduating class of 1950 at West...

Emmett Berry Bedwell, Jr.
Graveside service for Mr. Emmett Berry Bedwell, Jr., age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery with Gage Engle and Jerry Howard officiating. Mr. Bedwell passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Mr....