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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...

Michael Gene Tate
Memorial service for Michael Gene Tate, age 53 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Shields officiating. Burial will follow in the Tate Family Cemetery. Mr. Tate passed away Monday at his residence. He was a native...

Michael David “Ink” Mitchell
Memorial service for Michael David “Ink” Mitchell, age 35, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Mr. Mitchell passed away Sunday at Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Mitchell was native of Lincoln County, the son of Anita and Dwayne...

Mable Louise Gault Owen
Funeral service for Mrs. Mable Louise Gault Owen, age 88, of Frankewing, will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Mark Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery beside her husband Richard Maurice Owen who passed away in...

Nannie Lee Bell Chase
It is with regret we announce the death of Nannie Lee Bell Chase, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of Sullivan County TN. Mrs. Chase passed away Tuesday December 16, 2014 in Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. She was a native of Sullivan County, TN and the...

Annie Pauline Perry Wright Kanda
It is with regret we announce the death of Annie Pauline Perry Wright Kanda, age 94, of the Belleville Community. Mrs. Kanda passed away Wednesday morning in Donalson Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late William Rush and Gladys...

William Alton Cain
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. William Alton Cain, age 71, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Cain passed away Saturday evening at his residence. A native of Madison County, AL, he was the son of the late Alton and Martha Vincent Cain. Mr. Cain was a member...

Edna Louise Thorpe
Funeral service for Edna Louise Thorpe, age 98 of Frankewing, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Wright's Cemetery beside her husband Harold Burr Thorpe who passed away in 1967. Mrs. Thorpe passed away Thursday morning...

Annie Sue Dickey Parks
Funeral services for Annie Sue Dickey Parks, age 96 of Mulberry, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Arrington officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband William Russell (Billy) Parks. Mrs....

Richard K. Ferguson
Funeral service for Richard K. Ferguson, age 70 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Kirkland Baptist Church with Pastor Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Ferguson passed away Tuesday morning in Huntsville...

Frances H. McWilliams Cowan
Visitation for Mrs. Frances H. McWilliams Cowan, age 66, of Huntsville, AL, will be Saturday, December 20, 2014 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at West End Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Carter Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Cowan passed away Monday in Crestwood Medical...

Kathy Renee Presti
It is with regret we announce the death of Kathy Renee Presti, age 61 of Fayetteville. Ms. Presti passed away Sunday at her residence. She was a native of Kentucky and the daughter of the late Murphy and Marjorie Jones and was a real estate agent for Farm & Home...

Charles Ralph Lacy
Funeral service for Charles Ralph Lacy, age 86, of Manchester, TN, will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Adams and Bro. Jim Rolen officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Lacy was born June 4, 1928 in Taft,...

Ted R. Kimbrough
Funeral service for Ted R. Kimbrough, age 61, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Benny Berry and Ray Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Kimbrough passed away at his residence on Friday. A...

Sandra McDaniel
Graveside services for Sandra McDaniel age 70 of Jacksonville, FL will be conducted Saturday, December 6 at 2 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fayetteville, TN. Ms. McDaniel passed away November 23, 2014 after a long illness. Ms. McDaniel was born in Huntsville, AL to...

Dr. William McKinney Young, Sr.
Funeral service for Dr. William McKinney Young Sr, age 78, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Washington Street church of Christ with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Dr. Young passed away...

Olivene Pigg
Funeral service for Miss Olivene Pigg, age 89, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, TN, with Bro Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Miss Pigg passed away Monday at her...

Helen Louise Dye
Funeral service for Helen Louise Dye, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 12 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery beside her husband James Wesley Dye. Mrs. Dye passed away Sunday at Lincoln Medical Center. A...

Eddie Harness
Funeral service for Eddie Harness, age 78 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. Van Johnson and Rev. Ed Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in New Sharon Cemetery in Hazel Green, AL. Mr. Harness...

Magdelene Mustard Sparks
Magdelene Mustard Sparks, age 83, of New Market, Alabama formerly of Vanceburg, Kentucky went to be with the Lord on November 28, 2014 at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama with her family by her side. Mrs. Sparks was born on March 3, 1931 to the late Ollie...

J.C. Stewart
Funeral service for Mr. JC Stewart, age 65, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim McPeters officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery. Mr. Stewart passed away Thursday at his residence, surrounded by...

Thomas E. Sanders
Funeral services for Mr. Thomas E. Sanders, age 86, of Fayetteville, will be conducted conducted Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Will Wells and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sanders passed...

Nina Ruth Smith Bedwell
Graveside service for Nina Ruth Smith Bedwell, age 78 of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Mrs. Bedwell passed away Wednesday morning at her residence. A native of Lincoln County, she was the...

Larry Dale Campbell
Memorial service for Larry Dale Campbell, age 63 of Petersburg, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Christian Fellowship Church, 10 Lincoln Rd, Fayetteville, with Doug Watt officiating. Mr. Campbell passed away Tuesday night in Huntsville Hospital. He was a...

Cheyenne Arlene Bailey
Visitation for Cheyenne Bailey, age 20, of Huntsville, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, will be Sunday afternoon from 2 until 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Miss Bailey passed away Thursday in Huntsville, AL. A native of Marshall County, TN, she was the daughter of...

Rudolph John (Rudy) Greer
Graveside service for Rudolph John (Rudy) Greer, age 83 of Huntsville, will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Bro. Richard Hughes officiating. Mr. Greer passed away Wednesday morning in Huntsville Hospital. A native of Kansas City, MO, he was...

Winford Claiborne
Funeral services for Winford Claiborne, age 88 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 10 a.m. at the West Fayetteville Church of Christ with Bro. Tom Holland officiating. Visitation with the family will be Thursday 5-8 p.m. at the church building. Bro Claiborne...