Obituaries

Mr. Clay Houston Wallace passed away January 24, 2023, at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville, TN, just past the century mark in his life. Mr. Wallace was born December 27, 1922, in Lincoln County, TN to the late Odie and Pearl Hargrove Wallace. He was raised with...

We regret to announce the passing of James Edward “Jimi” Miller, age 69, of Flintville, TN. Mr. Miller was born June 21, 1953, in Jackson, MI to the late Donald and Nellie Locke Miller. He passed away January 27, 2023, at his home with his loving wife by his side....

Funeral service for Grace Eloise Steelman, age 92, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 12pm on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Park City Baptist Church with Bro. Jason Caldwell officiating, standing in for Bro. Don Russell. Burial will follow at Prospect Cemetery....

Funeral service for Mrs. Millie Josephine Stevenson, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1pm on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Marine Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Patsy Marie Cannon, age 62, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2pm on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ley Jean and Brad Jean officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ruth Crabtree Roles, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2pm on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Linda Sechak Rosick, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN formerly of Glen Lyon, PA. Linda was born June 4, 1944, in Glen Lyon to the late Peter and Arlene Kern Sechak. She passed away January 25, 2023, at her residence in...

Jim, 86, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023. He was born November 16, 1936 in Dearborn, Michigan, a son of the late Joe Marvin Hobbs and Mildred Brooker Hobbs.  Following graduation from high school, he enlisted in the Navy.  For a brief time he was on a...

Funeral service for Mrs. Carolyn Adeline McGee Tripp, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Monday, January 23, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

Graveside service for Sara Ann Stone Helton, age 88, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 2:30 pmon Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Medium Cemetery with Bro. Jim Mickells officiating. Mrs.Helton passed away January 18, 2023, at the home of her daughter in Fayetteville,...

Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Marie Sanders Gill, age 74, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham and Doug Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Graveside service for Teresa Jean Wright Sumners, age 58, of Taft, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at Blanche Cemetery, with Bro. Michael Cothren officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until 8 PM on Monday, January 16, 2023,...

Funeral service for Carolyn Cunningham Slayton, age 80, of the Hot Rock Community in Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Monday, January 16, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce McVey officiating. Burial will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation...

Funeral service for Mr. Buford Ray Moffett, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 12pm on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Philip Bunch and Thomas Frierson officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Visitation with the...

We regret to announce the passing of Mary Anne Bright, age 70, of Fayetteville, TN. Mary was born April 18, 1952, in Miami, FL to the late John William and Anne Mary Mizner Callahan. She passed away January 11, 2023, at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. Mary was a...

Funeral service for SMSgt Retired, Willis Lee Mason, Sr., US Air Force, age 86 of Dellrose, TN will be held at 11am on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Underhill and Elder Aaron Hasty officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Jason Patrick Mullins, age 44, of Lewisburg, TN. The family will hold a Celebration of Life from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the Fayetteville Elks Lodge. Jason was born May 5, 1978, in New Albany, IN to...

Funeral service for Joe T. “Tommy” Stevenson, age 98, of Taft, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM on Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until 1 PM on Thursday at...

Funeral service for Mr. Houston Floyd Caldwell, Jr., age 94, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11am to 1pm on Tuesday at...

Helen O’Neal Mitchell, age 94, of McBurg, TN passed away peacefully on Monday, December 20, 2022, at her home. Mrs. Mitchell was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of E.R. O’Neal and Mary Gunter O’Neal. She was a member of Beech Grove Methodist Church. As a...

Funeral service for Peggy Joyce Hall, age 88, of Dellrose, TN will be held at 12pm on Saturday, December 24, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. John Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 10am until...

Funeral service for CWO3 Retired, George Albert Erath, US Army, age 82, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, December 23, 2022, Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Visitation with the family will...

Funeral service for Ronald Wayne Scott, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be...

A funeral mass for SGM Ret. Eugene Francis Emanuel, US Army, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm at St Anthony Catholic Church on Thursday, December 22, 2022, with Rev. Fr. George Panthananickal, C.M.I. Pastor presiding. Inurnment will take place at the St...

Funeral service for Nancy V. Holman, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Langford and Matthew Holman officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Funeral service for Betty Jo O’Barr, age 87, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of Jefferson County, AL will be held at 1pm on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman and Rev. Philip Bunch officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills...

Funeral service for Joyce T. Weir, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Joyce was born on November 6, 1944, in...

Funeral service for Donald Scott Timberman, age 61, of Mulberry, TN will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jack Jean officiating. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11am to...

Funeral service for Buddy Dale Stout, age 76, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Edward Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens, in the Garden of Honor....

It is with regret we announce the passing of Aubrey Sisk, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Sisk was born June 11, 1941, in Lincoln County, TN and he passed away December 2, 2022, at his residence. Survivors include his son, James Sisk (Lisa Smith) of Fayetteville;...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Jimmy Wayne Watts, age 63, of Nashville, TN, formerly of Fayetteville, TN. Jimmy was born on December 30, 1958, in Fayetteville, TN to the late L.B. and Norma Jean Mason Watts. Mr. Watts was also preceded in death by his...

Funeral service for Emma Frances Monks Gibson, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Dorothy Faye Faulkner Timberman, age 82, of Mulberry, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Mulberry Cemetery. Faye was born on March 14, 1940, in Lincoln County, TN at Tuckers...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Debra Sue Freeman, age 65, of Fayetteville, TN. Debra was born on August 13, 1957, in Tokyo, Japan and passed away on November 25, 2022, at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. Debra previously worked with the Fayetteville...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Earl Raby Shelton, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Shelton was born November 15, 1932, to the late John R. and Burlie Steelman Shelton. He was a 1950 graduate of Central High School in Fayetteville and a 20-year member...

Graveside service for Mrs. Marjorie Moyers, age 89, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 10am on Monday, November 28, 2022, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Brother Don Russell officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Marjorie was born May 20,...

Graveside service for Mrs. Ruth Key, age 96, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at Prospect Cemetery with Dr. Ronnie Gay and Bro. Glenn Hester officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Ruth was born March 9,...

Graveside funeral service for Henry Bruce Grant, age 85, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 4 PM on Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Rose Hill Cemetery with Bro. Ricky Pierce officiating. Visitation with the family will be Sunday from 3 PM until 3:45 PM at Higgins...

Ms. Savannah (Vannah) Leigh Hancock of Huntsville AL, 37 years of age, passed away on November 15, 2022. She was born on June 5, 1985 to Sandra (Sandy) Leigh and Dan Lee Hancock in St. Petersburg, FL. After graduating Lincoln County High School, she went on to study...

Ernest Edward Brooks, Sr. was born November 18, 1932 in Madison County, Alabama, to ErnestOdell and Nancy Lou Smith Brooks. He passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville,Tennessee on November 16, 2022; two days shy of his 90 th birthday, surrounded by his...