Obituaries

The family of James Tony Patterson, age 72, of Fayetteville, TN, will host a memorial service at 2 PM on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Coldwater Community Church with Rev. Alan Shedd and Bro. Houston Welch officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM...

Funeral service for Philip Ross Gault, age 83, of Petersburg, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Troy Green officiating. Burial will follow in the Round Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM...

Funeral service for Retired USAF MSGT James Fred Johnson, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeremy Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Military Honors....

Graveside service for Bill Thomison, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2:30 PM on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Rose Hill Cemetery, with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until 2 PM on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home....

Richard Hughes McFerrin, age 78, of the Camargo Community, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2024, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Born on February 21, 1946, in Lincoln County, TN, Richard was the son of the late Thomas Andrew McFerrin and Tommie...

Funeral service for Brenda Kay Mitchell, age 64, of Dellrose, TN, will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at McBurg First Baptist Church with Bro. Timothy Scott officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5...

We celebrate and honor the life of Bobby Rex Simms, II, age 53, of Fayetteville, TN. Please join us in a gathering to honor Rex's memory on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. The service will start at 2 PM officiated by Rev. Tommy Vann. Following the...

Doris Ann May Decker, born January 29, 1938, in Lincoln County, TN passed away March 27, 2024, at NHC in Pulaski at the age of 86. Doris was the 2nd youngest and last surviving child of John Milton and Annie Eva Koonce May. Doris was a Christian, devoted wife, mother,...

Funeral service for William Howard Clevenger, Jr. age 64, of Elora, TN, will be conducted at 2 pm on Sunday March 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mitchell Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be on...

Nina Ruth Warren, age 90, of Flintville, TN, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. Mrs. Warren was born on October 17, 1933, in Lincoln County, TN, to the late Thomas J. Golden and Jessie B. Clark Golden. She retired...

Funeral service for Michael Eron Tinney, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on March 16, 2024, at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Fowler officiating. A private burial will follow at the Tinney Farm Cemetery with family. Visitation with...

Dwight Sims Winsett, 69, of Flintville, TN, passed away March 3, 2024, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Victoria and Sarah; his brother Joseph Allen Winsett, Jr; and his adopted family, Faron and Celina Matthews and...

Funeral service for Philip Wyane Bolander, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hudson and Bro. Ley Jean officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

In loving memory of Guy Shull Patrick, a devoted cattleman and farmer whose faith in Jesus Christ was the guiding light of his life, passed away peacefully on, March 1st, 2024, at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, TN. Guy was born on March 2nd, 1957, in...

Funeral services for Robert “Bob” Leon Hancock, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Emerson Wiles and Chad Hancock officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Sheran Kay Vaughn (Belshe), aged 79, formerly of Cambridge, Maryland, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Sheran's journey began in New Mexico, where she spent her childhood. As a young married...

FAYETTEVILLE, TN – Dr. James E. Deaton, age 59, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.  Dr. Deaton was born August 23, 1964, in Elizabethton, TN and is a son of Val Deaton and the late James D. Deaton. Dr. Deaton received a degree in Biological...

Funeral service for James Harold Rigsby, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 3 PM Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM...

Funeral service for Joseph Patrick McNeal “Joey”, age 55, of Flintville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Derrick Moose officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with...

Funeral service for Mr. Bobbie Joe Land, age 84, of Section, AL, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Randall Harper officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

A life celebration for Jeffrey Wayne Dye, age 62, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM until 3 PM on Saturday at Higgins. Jeff was born on June 30, 1961, in...

It is with both sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Bob Randall “Randy” Wolaver of Smyrna, Tennessee. Randy passed away peacefully with family by his side and into the loving arms of Jesus on February 8, 2024, at the age of 82 years. Randy will be...

Funeral services for Mrs. Jeanne Sweeney Mills, age 95, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Ron Wood officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

A graveside service for Charles Dickey Bingham, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at Noon on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville, TN. Visitation with family and friends will be from 10am until 11am on Thursday at Higgins. Charlie...

It is with regret we announce the passing of LTC Ret. Michael H. Magee, US Army. LTC Magee was born on July 13, 1935, in New Orleans, LA, and passed away on February 4, 2024, in Fayetteville, TN. Michael proudly served his country for 21 years in the US Army. He was...

A graveside service for Thomas Alexander Taylor, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 9:30am on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Chad Hancock and Donnie Browning officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to...

Paula Ann White, 65, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, peacefully passed away on February 3, 2024, at her residence with her husband and son by her side after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was a loving wife and mother. Paula was preceded in death by her...

Graveside service for Mrs. Frances Vann Mathis, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 3:30pm on Friday, February 2, 2024, at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 1pm until 3pm on Friday at...

Funeral service for James David “Dale” Wheeler, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, February 2, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in State Line Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5pm until 8pm on Thursday,...

Funeral service for Brenda Joyce Hicklen Laten, age 78, of Rainbow City, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm...

Freda Annette Brooks Monks, 82, of Lincoln County, Tennessee, passed away January 27, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Freda was born November 22, 1941, in Madison County, Alabama to the late A.D. Brooks and Grace Winsett Brooks. Freda graduated from Flintville...

Samuel Hunter “Sam” Darnell, a 22-year-old Business Management graduate from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga passed away on the 22nd day of January, 2024 from injuries sustained in a car accident. His mother’s precious one and only boy, Sam was born August 11,...

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mills Perdue, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Perdue was born November 22, 1936, in Knox County, KY to the late Carnes and Escilene Jackson Mills. She passed away January 22, 2024, at her home, surrounded by...

Esther Louise Colf, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN, passed away on January 20, 2024, at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. Mrs. Colf was born on January 8, 1927, in Worcester, MA, to the late Joseph and Catherine Maloney Palmieri. She moved wit her family to...

Bobby Wayne Laten, age 84, of Lincoln County, TN, passed away on January 20, 2024, at Donalson Care Center, with his beloved wife by his side. Bobby was born on June 9, 1939, in Fayetteville, TN to the late Lamon Milton Laten and Lillian Thomas Laten. Bobby was a 1957...

Thomas Peyton Walton, IV, 69 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on Jan. 19th after complications from by-pass heart surgery. Tom was born in Tampa, FL on Jan. 14th, 1955.  Preceding in death are his parents, Dr. Thomas Peyton Walton III and Marie Montgomery Walton,...

Funeral service for Paul David Shelton, Sr., age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in the Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

We regret to announce the passing of Marilyn Joyce Hopkins, age 72, of Taft, TN. Joycewas born March 17, 1951, in Topeka, KS to the late Earl and Mary Wemmer Hudgens.She retired from Bellsouth-AT&T as part of the engineering department, and she was amember of...

It is with regret that we announce the passing of Mr. Chester Edward Tidwell, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Tidwell was born July 31, 1947, in Nashville, TN to the late Emmett Keith Tidwell and Dorothy Jean Dorton Tidwell. He passed away January 15, 2024, at...

Funeral Service for Thurman (Junior) Hicks, Jr. of Hazel Green, AL will be conducted on Monday, January 22, 2024, at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Ennis Hyman and Bridget Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in the Charity Cemetery. Family will receive...