Obituaries

It is with regret that we announce the death of Paxton Pirtle, age 35, of Taft, TN. Mr. Pirtle passed away Friday evening at his residence. He was a native of Huntsville, TX, the son of Judy Whitsett Pirtle and the late Danny Pirtle. Survivors include his mother Judy...

Funeral services for Jeffrey Keith May, age 44 of Lynchburg, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. May passed away Saturday at Vanderbilt Medical...

Funeral service for Mrs. Virginia Mason Grant Smith, age 98, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 3 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Maxwell Cemetery beside her husband Davis Grant. Mrs. Smith passed away Saturday...

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Henson, age 85, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Will Wells and Janine Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Henson passed away Saturday evening at Alive...

Graveside service for Mr. Bobby Lee Hazelwood, age 75, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 12 p.m. in Raby Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Hazelwood passed away Tuesday evening at Donalson Skill Care. Mr. Hazelwood was a native of Lincoln...

Funeral services for Mattie Florence Jester Johnson, age 92 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Rollie Cullum Johnson. Mrs....

Memorial service for Dolores “Dee” Thaxton White, age 79 of Petersburg, will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. at the 1st United Methodist Church Fayetteville. Mrs. White passed away Monday at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Barnesville, GA, a dental...

Mrs. Doris Parks Taylor entered into eternal peace on Monday August 18, 2014, at her home after a long illness. Doris was born on December 30, 1952 to the late James Edward and Dimple L. C. Parks. Her kind, sweet and infectious personality endeared her to everyone who...

Funeral service for Mrs. Laura Ethel Buchanan, age 80 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home, with Pastor Theodore Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Buchanan passed away Saturday morning at her...

Funeral services for Judith Kulburg Bracewell, age 74 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Eck-Cleric Kathy Odell officiating. Burial will follow in Stateline Cemetery.   Mrs. Bracewell died Wednesday in an auto...

Funeral services for Inez Wilson Chapman, age 97 of the Boonshill community, will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Wiser officiating.  Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband James Wilson. Mrs. Chapman...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Paul David Caldwell, infant son of Joshua and  Halley Caldwell.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Grace Falls Church, 138 Simmons Circle, c/o Gina Moore, Fayetteville, TN. 37334. In addition to...

Graveside service for Mrs. Ernestine McMillin, age 83, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Barnes Cemetery. Mrs. McMillin passed away Saturday at Lincoln Medical Center. A homemaker and lifelong Lincoln County resident, Mrs. McMillin was preceded...

Funeral service for Mr. Roger “Crow” Dale Honey age 65, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2:00 pm Monday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Honey passed away Friday evening in Lincoln Medical Center. A native of Lincoln County,...

Graveside services for Edythe Marie (Sponaugle) Facemire, age 93, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. EST at the Chattanooga National Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge.  Mrs. Facemire passed away Thursday at Donalson Care Center. A...

Funeral services for Clinton Victor Cloud, age 27, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Tony Moses officiating.  Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Cloud passed away Wednesday at Lincoln...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert "Bob" Milton Pittenger, age 77, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday August 5, 2014 at 7 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. in Blue Springs Cemetery in...

Funeral service for Mrs. Vicky Lynn Bush, age 28, of Toney, AL, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery. Mrs. Bush passed away Saturday evening. Mrs. Bush was the daughter...

Funeral services for Raymond Buford Stevenson, Jr., age 87, of Frankewing will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Brown and Stan Stevenson officiating.  Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery beside his wife Sarah Frances...

Funeral services for June McGee Groce, age 70 of the Mimosa Community, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Jones and Bro. James West officiating.  Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens.  Mrs. Groce passed...

Graveside service for Billie Frances Pitt, age 85 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jacqueline Pitt Martin officiating.  Mrs. Pitt passed away Thursday in Huntsville. She was a native of Oxford,...

Funeral services for E. B. Noles, Jr. age 97 of Nashville, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Will Sensing officiating.  Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside his wife Bandy W. Noles who...

It is with regret we announce the death of Willis Gerald Lewis, age 53 of Fayetteville.  Mr. Lewis passed away Friday morning at Lincoln Medical Center.  He was a native of St. Louis, MO and the son of the late Willis Gerald and Madeline KuyKendall...

Funeral service for Paul Pierce Tripp, age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating.  Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens.  Mr. Tripp passed away Wednesday in Donalson...

  Funeral services for Louie Morris Jr., age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bert Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Morris passed away Saturday evening at his...

Funeral services for Dan Graham, age 66 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Tommy Graham officiating.  Burial will follow in Sugar Creek Cemetery in Big Sandy TN.  Mr. Graham passed away Thursday night in...

Graveside service for Austin Langford Ashby, age 65, of Morristown, TN, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Blanche Cemetery with Bro. James Strope officiating. Mr. Ashby passed away Thursday morning in Morristown, TN. He was a native of Lincoln County, the son of...

Graveside service for Charles L. Chapman, Jr. age 72 of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Bro. Don Russell officiating.  Mr. Chapman passed away Tuesday morning in the Fayetteville Health Care Center. A native of...

Celebration of life services for Robbin Denise Washington Flewellen, age 56, of Kelso, will be conducted Monday evening from 5 until 8 p.m. at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church Mrs. Flewellen was free spirited, outgoing, loving and so much more. She never...

Funeral services for Troy Ray Newgent, age 50 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in the Moore Cemetery.  Mr. Newgent passed away Thursday night at his residence. He was a native of...

Graveside service for Danica Grace Dilworth, infant daughter of Nathan and Beth Norris Dilworth, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Cemetery on the Old Huntsville Road with Bro. Cleo Moon officiating.  Survivors in addition to her parents...

Memorial service for Robert Gordon Wilcox, age 68 of Petersburg, will be conducted Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Todd Gaskill officiating.  Mr. Wilcox passed away Wednesday in Huntsville Hospital. A native of Nassau,...

Funeral services for Mrs. Jo Evans Kirby, age 87, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Lois Cemetery. Mrs. Kirby passed away Monday afternoon at her residence. Mrs. Kirby...

Graveside service for James Cooper Scott, infant son of Brianna Scott, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Jarman Leatherwood officiating. Survivors include his mother Brianna Scott, grandmother Deleace Scott, grandfather Cleo...

Funeral service for Martha Jo Hamilton McCulloch, age 43, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Todd Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Mrs. McCulloch passed away Saturday...

Shirley Wayne Crouch, 79, of Fayetteville died Sunday afternoon, June 15, 2014.  He was the son of the late Elma and William H. Crouch.  Shirley was also preceded in death by his wife, Rossie Ashby Crouch, daughter, Terrie Crouch Telford, brother Glenn...

Funeral service for Mrs. Barbara Bradley, age 77, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Garden beside her late husband Forest Bradley. Mrs....

Funeral services for Roy Drennan Horsley, age 82 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating.  Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery.  Mr. Horsley passed away  Sunday afternoon at...

Funeral service for Alice Mae Smith, age 88, of Harvest, AL, formerly of Skinem, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Smith passed away Saturday in Madison Hospital. Miss Smith was a native...

Funeral services for Gordon Walker, age 85 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Terrell Bain officiating.  Burial will follow in the Prospect Cemetery.  Mr. Walker passed away Friday morning in Huntsville...