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David Crocker Cooper
Memorial service for David Crocker Cooper, age 72 of Huntsville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 pm at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Cooper passed away February 9, 2015 at his...

Elwyn Jennings Walker Sullenger
Funeral service for Elwyn Jennings Walker Sullenger, age 95 of Mulberry, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in the Champ cemetery. Mrs. Sullenger passed away Tuesday night at the...

Joan D. Maddox
Funeral services for Mrs. Joan D. Maddox, age 84, of Bordentown, NJ, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Maddox passed away Sunday at Compassionate Care Hospice...
Robert Layne Dunn
It is with regret we announce the death of Robert Layne Dunn, age 58 of Fayetteville, who passed away Sunday at Lincoln Medical Center. He was born in Pike County, MO and the son of Robert D. and Kay Gramley Dunn who survive. Mr. Dunn was a Systems Safety Engineer for...
Michael Robert Smith
Michael Robert Smith, age 70, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and native of Fayetteville, Tennessee passed away at his residence on Jan. 28, 2015. Michael was a government contractor and a self-employed business owner in South Carolina. He was of the Baptist faith....

Robert Aaron Gwaltney
ALBA – Visitation for Robert Aaron Gwaltney, 83, of Alba are scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. He passed away Friday, January 30, 2015, in a Mt. Pleasant hospital. Graveside services with military honors will...

Florence Valentine Davies Moore
Funeral services for Florence Valentine Davies Moore, 90, a longtime resident of Fayetteville, will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill...

Billy Wayne Self, Sr.
Funeral service for Mr. Billy Wayne Self, Sr., age 74, of Mulberry, TN, will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joey Self officiating. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery. Mr. Self passed away Thursday morning at Marshall Medical...

Alex Steven Russell
Funeral service for Alex Steven Russell, age 62 of Flintville, will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Culver and Bro. Ricky Hyatt officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Russell passed away Wednesday in...

Margaret Gilliam
Funeral service for Margaret Gilliam, age 99 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Gilliam passed away Wednesday in Donalson Care Center. A native of...

William Monroe Bryant, Jr.
Funeral services for William Monroe Bryant, Jr., age 68 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro.Thomas Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Bryant passed away Tuesday at his residence....

Maple Eloise Ferguson
Funeral services for Maple Eloise Ferguson, age 74 of Huntsville formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Eric Reynolds and Bro. Jeff May officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Ferguson passed...

Prentice Gulian Quick
Funeral services for Prentice Gulian Quick, age 73 of Flintville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Terrell Bain officiating. Burial to follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Quick passed away Monday night at Huntsville Health and Rehab....

Wanda Ann Neece
Funeral service for Wanda Ann Neece, age 69 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mrs. Neece passed away Monday morning at her residence. A native of...
Allen Louis Stamper
Memorial service for Mr. Allen L. Stamper, age 65 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Bro. Don Pierson officiating. Mr. Stamper passed away Sunday in St. Thomas Hospital. Mr. Stamper was a native of Indiana and was a truck driver. Survivors...

Mary Wayne McAlister Malone
Mary Wayne McAlister Malone, age 86 of Fayetteville, passed away Monday in Huntsville Hospital after a lengthy illness. A native of the Mary’s Grove community in Lincoln County, Mrs. Malone was an active member of Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church....

Kathie Lynn Thompson
It is with regret we announce the death of Kathie Lynn Thompson, age 64 of Fayetteville, who passed away Sunday in Huntsville Hospital. She was a native of Topeka, KS and the daughter of the late Arleigh and Alma Wickersham McCall and was a homemaker. Survivors...

Charles Bradford “Brad” Wright
Funeral service for Mr. Charles Bradford “Brad” Wright, age 35, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Norman officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Wright passed away Friday...

Marilyn Irene Faulkner
Funeral service for Marilyn Irene Faulkner, age 80 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Waggoner officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside her husband Bobby Joe Faulkner. Mrs. Faulkner passed...

Jessie Buckbee-Dixon
It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. Jessie Taylor Messick Buckbee Dixon, age 96 of Huntsville, AL. Mrs. Dixon passed away Thursday morning in Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville, TN. She was a native of Springfield, WV and spend most of her adult life in...

Joel O. Davis
Funeral service for Joel O. Davis, age 94 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith and Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Ruth Rowell Davis. Mr. Davis...

Jennings Douglas Stovall, Jr.
Memorial services for Jennings Douglas “Jen Doug” Stovall, Jr., age 49 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith and Rev. Jeff Stovall officiating. Mr. Stovall passed away Wednesday. A native of Lincoln County, Mr....

April Wynette Grogan
Graveside service for April Wynette Grogan, age 44, of Taft, TN, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery with Bro. James Warren officiating. Miss Grogan was a native of Lincoln County, the daughter of Jim Grogan and Kathy Howell Grogan, who...

Martha Ellen Barnes
Funeral service for Martha Ellen Barnes, age 77 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Alan Shedd and Bro. Edwin Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Barnes passed away Monday night at...

Mark Edwin McDaniel
Mark Edwin McDaniel, age 51 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Monday January 5, 2015. A native of Fayetteville, TN. He was preceded in death by his father, Billy George McDaniel. Mark is survived by his wife, Lisa Stockton McDaniel; son, Stockton McDaniel; daughter,...

Leroy Spurlock
It is with regret we announce the death of Leroy Spurlock, age 61 of Fayetteville. Mr. Spurlock passed away Sunday in Golden Living Mountain View Nursing Home in Winchester. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Edward “Ed” and Evalena Reavis...

Pauline Stubblefield
Funeral service for Mrs. Pauline Stubblefield, age 91, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Stubblefield passed away Friday at Donalson Care Center....

Dorothy Ann Steelman Richardson
Funeral service for Dorothy Ann Steelman Richardson, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Billions officiating. Burial will follow in Melson Cemetery beside her late husband Billy Edwin Richardson. Mrs....

Kathleen Lackey Bailey
Funeral service for Mrs. Kathleen Lackey Bailey, age 65, of Flintville, will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Bailey passed away Wednesday at Harton Regional...

Annie Beth Copeland Pickett
Funeral service for Annie Beth Copeland Pickett, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Kimmery officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery beside her husband Lawrence F. Pickett. Mrs....

Ruby Doris Wallace Beech
Funeral service for Ruby Doris Wallace Beech, age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery beside her husband Robert Claude Beech. Mrs. Beech passed...

Christabel Logan
Funeral service for Christabel Logan, age 88 of Lynchburg, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Buddy Norman and Bro. Richard Logan officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside her husband Fred D. Logan. Mrs. Logan passed...

Nannie Lou Crabtree
Graveside service for Mrs. Nannie Lou Crabtree, age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Barnes Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Mrs. Crabtree passed away Saturday evening at Donalson Care Center. Mrs. Crabtree was a native of...

Roberta Hix Hayes
Funeral service for Mrs. Roberta Hix Hayes, age 98, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Parks City Baptist Church with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Jack Hayes in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Hayes passed...

Kenneth Dale “Kel” Kelley
Kenneth Dale (Kel) Kelley of Fayetteville passed away on January 2, 2015 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was a strong and courageous Christian and met his illness with a positive attitude. Funeral service will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins...

Jerry Smith
Funeral service for Mr. Jerry Smith, age 73, of Petersburg, will be conducted at Higgins Funeral Home Monday at 2 p.m. with Bro Don Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart's Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Friday morning in Lincoln Medical Center. A native...

Shirley A. Flynt Gray
Funeral service for Shirley A. Flynt Gray, age 79 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro Richard McWilliams officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Gray passed away Tuesday in Huntsville...

Eloise L. Crafton
Graveside service for Eloise L. Crafton, age 97 of Paducah, KY, will be conducted Sunday at 1 PM at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, 6965 Old US Hwy 45, Paducah, KY beside her husband Elvis Crafton. Memorial services will follow at 2 P.M. at the 1st Presbyterian Church 200...

Kathryn Anita (Towry) Cowley
Funeral services for Kathryn Anita (Towry) Cowley, age 93, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery beside her husband John Ben Cowley. Mrs. Cowley passed...

Emma Clark Bell
Funeral service for Emma Clark Bell, age 92 of Tullahoma, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Allan Black and Rev. Will Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband...