Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Funeral service for Joe W. West, age 83 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. West passed away Monday night in the Lynchburg...

It is with regret we announce the death of Thomas Earl Sykes, age 74 of Elora. Mr. Sykes passed away at his residence on Sunday November 16, 2014. He was the son of the late Maurice and Mary Sykes, veteran of the U.S. Army and was a military construction engineer for...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Jason W. Whitworth, age 26, of Fayetteville. Mr. Whitworth passed away Thursday at his residence. A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of Angie Largura and Roger Whitworth, worked in receiving for C and S Plastics...

Funeral services for Robert W. “Bob” Forrester, age 83 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tony Billions officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Forrester passed away Monday night in Huntsville...

Funeral service for Martha (Jean) Smith, age 75, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Roger Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mrs. Smith passed away Sunday evening at Donalson Care Center....

Funeral services for James B. Norris, age 81 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Norris passed away Sunday in...

William “Bill” Howard Bogle, 70, returned to his heavenly home on Saturday, November 8th, after a valiant battle with multiple health issues. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 11 at Prospect Baptist Church with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial...

William A. March, Sr. 57, of Middletown, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning after a long illness, November 6, 2014, at his home. Born on December 14, 1956, in Fayetteville, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Frank and Alberta (Jones) March....

Memorial service for James Brannon Templeton, age 35 of Taft, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. Van Johnson and Chad Hancock officiating. Mr. Templeton passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at Vanderbilt Medical Center....

Funeral services for Donnie Ray “Shorty” West, age 62 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Dwight Smith officiating.  Burial will follow at Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. West passed away Wednesday in Vanderbilt Medical...

Nell C. Graves, age 73 of Fayetteville TN, passed away Wednesday at Donalson Care Center. Services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Missy Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery in Tullahoma. Mrs....

Graveside services for James Lawrence Patrick, age 85 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Stewarts Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Patrick will be buried beside his wife Martha Pollock Patrick who passed away in 2011. Higgins...

Graveside service for Albert Wayne Simms, age 86 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 12 p.m. at Stewarts Cemetery with Bro. Don Gatlin officiating and with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Simms passed away Saturday at his residence. He was a native of...

  Services of Bernard Mazelin, age 88 of Moore County, will be conducted Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Moore County Mennonite Brotherhood Church with Bro Raymond Sommers officiating. Burial will follow in the Moore County Mennonite Cemetery. Mr. Mazelin passed...

Funeral services for Mr. DB Smith, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Champ Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Friday evening in Huntsville Hospital. Mr. Smith was a native of Lincoln County, the...