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Dorothy Dorociak
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Dorothy Dorociak, age 93, of Elora, TN. Mrs. Dorociak passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Donalson Care Center. Mrs. Dorociak was a native of Hammond, IN, the daughter of the late Clarence and Lillie Blanck...

Floyd Wilson Cartwright
Graveside service for Mr. Floyd Wilson Cartwright, age 82 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Cartwright passed away Thursday April 23, 2015 at his residence. A native of Lincoln County, he...

Buford Scivally
Graveside service for Mr. Buford Scivally, age 89 of Flintville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. graveside in Hurricane Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Scivally passed away Saturday April 18, 2015 at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of Franklin...

Doris Taft
Funeral services for Doris Jane Currin Taft, 92, of Taft will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21 at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Blanche Cemetery beside her late husband, Charles E. Taft. Mrs. Taft died Friday at Lynchburg Nursing Center. She was...

William “Bill” Hentz
Funeral service for William “Bill” Hentz, age 82 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday April 17, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hentz passed away Tuesday...

Joseph Medric Caissie, Jr.
Funeral service for Joseph Medric Caissie, Jr., age 64 of Elora, will be conducted Thursday April 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Caissie passed away Monday April 13,...

Marlon Dwayne Laten
Funeral service for Marlon Dwayne Laten, age 69 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday April 16, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Laten passed away Monday April 13, 2015 at...

Teresa Lynn Sims
Funeral service for Teresa Lynn Sims, age 43 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday April 12, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Ms. Sims passed away Friday morning April 10, 2015 at...

Melanie Thomas Hamilton
Funeral service for Melanie Thomas Hamilton, age 57 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday April 11, 2015 at 10 a.m. at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bryan Bult officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs....

Marilyn Doris Krause Hecht
Funeral services for Marilyn Doris Krause Hecht, age 84 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday, April 11, 2015, at 12:00 pm. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Bernard Ansorge officiating. Burial will follow in Medium Cemetery. Mrs. Hecht passed away Monday...
Phillip Murry Hill
Funeral service for Phillip Murry Hill, age 72 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday April 9, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Hill passed away Monday April 6, 2015 at...

Elizabeth Howard
Funeral service for Elizabeth Howard, age 90 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday April 8, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ian Ploxham. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Clark Howard. Mrs. Howard passed away Saturday...

William Homer Davis
Funeral service for Mr. William Homer Davis, age 76, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Arrington officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Davis passed away Saturday in...

Robert Coleman (Bob) Smith, Jr.
Funeral service for Robert Coleman ( Bob) Smith, Jr., age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday April 4, 2015 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Tuesday March 31, 2015...

William Melvin McAlister
Graveside service for William Melvin McAlister, age 74 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday April 2, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Mr. McAlister passed away Monday March 30, 2015 at Donalson Skill...

Judy Kidd Walden
Funeral service for Mrs. Judy Kidd Walden, age 68 of Huntsville, AL, will be conducted Wednesday April 1, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Dr. Charles Edgar officiating. Mrs. Walden will lie in state one hour prior to...

Barnum “Barney” Cowan
Memorial service for Mr. Barnum “Barney” Cowan, age 77, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Gum Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Winford Staton officiating. Mr. Cowan passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 in Huntsville Hospital. Mr....

John C. Smith
Funeral services for John C. Smith, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday March 27, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith and Rev. Joe Parks officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Tuesday morning March...

Butch Wicks
Funeral service for Butch Wicks, age 69 of Flintville, will be conducted Thursday March 26, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in the Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Wicks passed away Monday March 23, 2015 in St....
Sarah Beddingfield Sims
Graveside service for Sarah Beddingfield Sims, age 61 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday March 25, 2015 at Blanche Cemetery with Bro. David Durham and Bro. Larry Meeks officiating. Mrs. Sims passed away Sunday March 22, 2015 at St. Thomas...

Robert “Bud” Lineberger
Robert Yearwood “Bud” Lineberger of the Delina Community in Marshall County, TN passed from this life on March 23, 2015 at the age of 87. He was born on May 28, 1927 in Lincoln County, TN to the late Joseph Lannes and Ruth Connelly Lineberger. He was a man of honesty...

Lillie Mae Howard
Graveside service for Ms. Lillie Mae Howard, age 94 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday March 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Riverview Memorial Gardens, with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Ms. Howard passed away Saturday evening March 21, 2015 in Donalson Care...

Cathy Priest Rollins
Funeral services for Cathy Priest Rollins, age 44 of Kelso, will be conducted Sunday March 22, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Rollins passed away Wednesday...

Cheryl Lynn Todd
A Celebration of Life for Cheryl Lynn Todd, age 46 of Fayetteville, will be held Friday March 20, 2015 at Higgins Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. Mrs. Todd passed away Tuesday March 17, 2015 at her residence. She was a native of Blytheville, AR and the daughter of Robert...

Guadalupe Taylor
Visitation for Guadalupe Taylor, age 79 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday March 19, 2015 from 1-3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Taylor passed away March 15, 2015 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Alberto and Maria Medina Campos and a...

Laverne Peck
Funeral service for Mrs. Laverne Peck, age 90 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Jack Lewis Peck who passed away in 2000. Mrs. Peck passed away Sunday...

Reba Jo May Kimbrough
Graveside service for Mrs. Reba Jo May Kimbrough, age 79, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in Stewart's Cemetery. Mrs. Kimbrough passed away Friday in Huntsville Hospital. Mrs. Kimbrough was a native of Lincoln County, the daughter of the late Roy...
Sue Blaylock
Graveside service for Sue Blaylock, age 84 of Murfreesboro, will be conducted Friday March 13, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Stateline Cemetery. Mrs Blaylock passed away Monday March 9, 2015 at Saint Thomas of Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. She was a native of Moore...
Carol Ann Pigg
Funeral service for Carol Ann Pigg, age 75, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hackney officiating. Burial will follow in Rowland Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Pigg passed away Sunday at Huntsville...

J. D. Jean
Funeral service for J. D. Jean, age 67 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday March 11, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mr. Jean passed away Monday March 9th, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late...

Kirt D. Howell
Memorial service for Mr. Kirt Howell, age 63 of Flintville, will be conducted Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4 p.m. at the Howell Hill Church of Christ with Bro. Tim Hall officiating. Mr. Howell passed away Friday March 6, 2015 at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of...

Thomas Wilburn Sumners
Funeral service for Mr. Thomas Wilburn Sumners, age 94 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Van Johnson officiating. Mr. Sumners passed away Friday March 6, 2015 at his home. A native of Lincoln County,...

Robert David Smith
Funeral service for Mr. Robert David Smith, age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Pete Crim officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Friday at Huntsvillle...

Bonnie Mae Eslick Brown
Funeral service for Mrs. Bonnie Mae Eslick Brown, age 91 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday March 7, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Billions and Rev. Don Gatlin officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Brown...

Thomas Richard Pirtle
Graveside service for Mr. Thomas Richard Pirtle age 93, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday March 3, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Stateline Cemetery, with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Mr. Pirtle passed away Saturday evening February 28, 2015 at Donalson Care Center. A...

Alice Lucille Gatlin Braden
Funeral service for Mrs. Alice Lucille Gatlin Braden age 89, of Frankewing, TN, will be conducted Monday March 2, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery beside her husband Morris H. Braden who...

Hellen Alease Gowen Turpen
Funeral service for Hellen Alease Gowen Turpen, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday March 2, 2015 at 10 a.m. at the St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church with Father James Pappas officiating. Burial will follow in Charity Cemetery beside her husband Donald...

William Henry Edwards
Mr. William Henry Edwards, of Fayetteville, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015, at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late James Arthur and Ida Warden Edwards, Sr. Mr. Edwards was a graduate of Tennessee Tech and received a...

George Edward Henderson
Funeral service for George Edward Henderson, age 74 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 am at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John Henson officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Henderson passed away Thursday at his residence. A native of...

Jeanette B. Torman
Funeral services for Jeanette B. Torman, age 78 of Petersburg, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 1 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mrs. Torman passed away Wednesday in Lincoln Medical Center. A...