Obituaries

Memorial service for Mr. David Bryan Womack, age 87, will be conducted Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Bryan Womack was born July 26, 1925 to the late Charles I....

Pinkstaff, Donald Mayo Sr. (Don), age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, Huntsville, AL, and Nashville, TN passed away Monday afternoon, May 27, 2013, after a brief illness in Nashville. Don was born in Belleville, TN, and attended Central High School in Fayetteville. He was a...

It is with regret we announce the death of Joe M. Honey, age 59 of Fayetteville, who passed away Saturday May 25th at his residence. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Joe Dean and Martha Lou Bain Honey. He is survived by two aunts Mora Bradley...

Mr. Rudolph Vasser Pitts, age 85 of Fayetteville, passed away Monday at his residence. He was the son of the late Oscar B. and Myrtle Vasser Pitts. Mr. Pitts was retired from sales with the Bendix Company and served in the Army. Mr. Pitts will be buried beside his...

Graveside service for Mrs. Betty Holley Ivey, age 78 of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 4 pm at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Rev. Emerson Lyles and Rev. Brian Gass officiating. Mrs. Ivey passed away Saturday in Huntsville Hospital. A native of...

James Jerome Ellis went to be with the Lord, May 23, 2013. He was born August 19, 1943 in Fayetteville, TN to James Beach Ellis and Ruth Blaylock Ellis Hentz and stepfather James Paul Hentz, who preceded him in death. Also, preceding in death, one grandaughter. He is...

Mr. Ivey M. Laird of Fayetteville passed away Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of Pelham, Georgia, Mr. Laird was the son of the late Chan Iverson and Anne Louise Harvey Laird. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the 259th Infantry Regiment U.S. Army...

Funeral services for Donald Dean Mars, age 69 of Taft, will be conducted Friday at 11 A.M.at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Carter Hills Cemetery. Mr. Mars passed away Sunday night at his residence. A native of Southerland, NE, he was the son of the late...

WILLIAM HOWARD CLEVENGER, SR., Age 75, entered into Heaven’s Portal, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesay at 11 A.M. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. W. D. Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cem. Born in New Market,...

Funeral services for David Ray Groce, age 59, of Mimosa Community will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 A M at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Chris Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mr. Groce died Saturday at his residence. A native of...

Funeral services for Cherry Bradford, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 11am at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Bradford passed away Friday, May 17, 2013...

Funeral service for Mr. Ray Barhorst, age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens beside his wife Fayetta Barhorst who passed away in...

Funeral services for Ralph J. Glapion, age 61 of Petersburg, will be conducted Thursday at 1:00PM at the Hope Assembly of God with Pastor Ben Johnson officiating. Mr. Glapion passed away Saturday in Huntsville Hospital. A native of New Orleans, LA, Mr. Glapion was the...

Funeral services for Faye Moore Simms, age 93 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Calvin Todd officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens beside her husband Lester H. Simms who passed away...

Funeral services for Thelma McGee Thornton, age 92 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband, James A. Thornton, who passed away in...

Funeral services for Andrew David Warren, age 78 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Willie Banks and Bro. Tim Britton officiating. Burial will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Mr. Warren passed away Monday at his...

Graveside services for Ruth Foster, age 97 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Cemetery with Rev. Ron Arrick and Lamont Carter officiating. Burial will be beside her husband Charles Foster. Mrs. Foster passed away Sunday at her...

Funeral services for Tony Beddingfield, age 58 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev.Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Beddingfield passed away Monday at Huntsville...

Graveside service for Velma Lee Tate Stewart, age 32 of Flintville, will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Flintville Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart passed away at Lincoln Medical Center on Thursday. A native of Noxubee, MS, Mrs. Stewart was the daughter of Billy and Addie...

Funeral services for Odie David (O.D.) Smith, age 90 who passed away April 17, 2013, will be conducted Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Phillip Warren officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was a...

Funeral services for Thomas Michael Fowler, age 30 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. W. D. Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Fowler passed away Tuesday. He was a native of Lincoln...

Graveside service for Roy Ellis Johnson, age 74 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at Melson Cemetery. Mr. Johnson passed away at Vanderbilt Medical Center on Monday. A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Johnson was the son of the late John A. Johnson...

Graveside services for Mrs. Johnie Mae Hickson Tucker, age 91 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. at Campbell Cemetery with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Mrs. Tucker passed away Monday evening at Donalson Care Center. A native of...

Graveside services for Ida Page Maddox, age 83 of Oak Ridge, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday April 18th at 3 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Maddox passed away Sunday at her home. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late...

Graveside services for Annie Mefford, age 79 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Hills Memorial Garden with Bro. Richard Rogers officiating. Mrs. Mefford passed away Sunday night in Crestwood Hospital. She was a native of Obion County, TN...

Lea Perry passed away on Thursday April 11, 2013 at 2:45 pm at Huntsville Hospital. Mrs. Perry a native of Lincoln County and was preceded in death by her father and mother, Oscar J. Rowe and Essie (Howell) Rowe of Estill Springs. Her brother O.J. Rowe of Estill...

Graveside service for Mrs. Alline Sykes Kidd, age 95 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with burial beside her husband Woodrow Kidd. Rev. Milton Martin will be officiating the service. Mrs. Kidd passed away Thursday at...

William Douglas Patterson of Fayetteville passed away April 10, 2013. He was the son of the late Richard and Effie Ruth Owen Patterson of Madison County. Mr. Patterson served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and graduated from Auburn University with a degree in...

Mrs. Maria Elisabeth Raps Schloetterlein, age 89 of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday April 10th at her residence. She was born September 8, 1923 in Lauda, Germany to Martin and Agnes Raps and was the wife of Karl Josef Schloetterlein. She is survived by two...

Funeral services for Jeffrey Lynn Faulkner, age 50 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mr. Faulkner passed away Sunday at his residence. He was a...

Funeral services for Edward Bryan Brooks, age 34 of Athens, AL formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart's Cemetery. Mr. Brooks passed away Friday in...

It is with regret we announce the death of Ryan Dale Oetken, age 34 of Cartersville, GA. Mr. Oetken passed away Sunday. He was a native of Burlington, IA and the son of Ronald and Janet Schwerin Oetken, and was a Quality Control Troubleshooter for Shaw Industries....

It is with regret we announced the death of Julaine Marie Oetken Faulkner, age 38 of Fayetteville. Mrs. Faulkner passed away Sunday at her residence. She was a native of Burlington, IA and the daughter of Ronald and Janet Schwerin Oetken and was employed by FTI...

Clyde Edward Thompson, 83, of Madison, TN passed away April 7, 2013. He was born in Old Hickory, TN on August 30, 1929 to the late Charles M. and Louise Walker Thompson. He married the late Wanda Hicklen Thompson from Fayetteville, TN, in 1972 and they lived in...

Funeral services for Mable Alta Stewart, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Harold Wayne Stewart. Mrs. Stewart passed away...

Funeral services for Katie Ruth West Arney, age 94 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Boonshill Cemetery beside her husband Tom Crawford Arney who passed away in 1993....

Graveside service for Eddy Gatlin, age 57 of Dellrose, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Cemetery with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating and Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Gatlin passed away Monday morning at Lincoln Medical Center. A...

Funeral service for Dr. James “Jim” Fee age 82 of Old Hickory, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Fayetteville ARP Church with Dr. Calvin Todd and Mr. Jim Moran officiating. Dr. Fee will lie in state Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Fayetteville ARP...

Funeral service for Mr. Ronald W. “Ronnie” Osteen age 58 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Washington Street Church of Christ with Bro. Jim Black and Bro. Mike George officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Mr. Osteen passed away...

Graveside service for Rachel Murrell Steelman, age 77 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 AM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Higgins Funeral Home will be in charge of services. Miss Steelman passed away Wednesday evening...