Obituaries

It is with regret we announce the death of Bessie Sanders, age 91 of Fayetteville, who passed away Friday afternoon in Donalson Skill Care Center. Mrs. Sanders was a native of Forest City, AR and the daughter of the late Forest and Nina Malone Moore. She was a former...

Funeral services for Crystal Whitworth, age 25 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Mrs. Whitworth passed away Wednesday in Vanderbilt Medical Center on...

A celebration of life for Angelia Darlene Grider Swing, age 61 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford and Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Swing passed away...

Mr. William D. (Billy) Winsett, age 75 of Fayetteville, passed away Wednesday at his residence. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Ferris Jackson and Della Marie Bobo Winsett. Mr. Winsett was an active member of the Wells Hill Church of Christ....

Graveside service for Delores Bratton, age 63 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Kingston Springs, TN with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Miss Bratton passed away Wednesday morning in Huntsville Hospital. She was a...

Funeral services for Richard Lawrence Short, age 70 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Short passed away on Monday. A native of Lincoln County,...

Funeral services for Leland Walker Simmons, age 90 of Belvidere, formerly of Lincoln County will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery beside his wife Olive Mae Allen Simmons....

Funeral Service for Mr. Bobby Joe Holt age 79 of Belvidere, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Neal Cemetery beside his wife Mrs Bobbie Helen Ables Holt who passed away in 1993. Mr. Holt passed away Friday evening at...

Graveside services for Gentry Joe Allen Williams, Jr., age 89 of Taft, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Prosperity Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Burial will be beside his first wife Nadine Smith Williams. Mr. Williams passed away Wednesday at...

Lyndon Trigg Stone, age 91 of Fayetteville passed away Tuesday November 27, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Stone was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late John Landess and Margaret Trigg Stone. He was a World War II Veteran, a deacon of Parks City Baptist...

Funeral services for Mr. Curtis Hilton Cashion, age 80 of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Billions and Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Buntley...

Funeral services for Mr. J.W. Tucker, age 90, of Pulaski, TN, formerly of Lincoln County, who passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the NHC Pulaski, will be conducted Friday, November 23, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Waggoner...

Funeral services for William Fred Jobe, age 86 of Petersburg, will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Dr.Calvin Todd officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery beside his wife Sara Williams Jobe....

Funeral services for Joyce Williams Buntley, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Maranatha Baptist Church with Pastor Randy Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Coleman Buntley. Mrs....

Graveside service for Wanda Faye Hicklen Thompson, age 65 of Madison, TN, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday November 21, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Gatlin Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Thompson passed away Saturday at her residence. A...

James Cole Sumners, 90, of Blanche, Tennessee, died Thursday (November 15, 2012) at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. Born September 6, 1922, he was a native of Lincoln County Tennessee, the son of the late Leon Eli and Clara Mae Cole Sumners. Mr. Sumners was a...

Graveside service for Mr. Luther R. Shelton, age 89 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Lincoln Cemetery with Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Mr. Shelton passed away Monday afternoon at his residence. A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Shelton was the...

Jean Volney Agee Graham (June 21, 1924-November 11, 2012), of Taft, Tennessee died at Bailey Manor in Fayetteville. Originally from Lebanon, she was the daughter of the late Guy Marshall and Jessie Lee Frakes Agee. She received her education from Middle Tennessee...

Funeral service for Mr. Robert Gene Connelly, Sr. age 85 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike George officiating. Burial will follow in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville, TN at 2 p.m. Mr. Connelly passed away...

It is with regret we announce the death of Mr. Bobby C. Smith, age 79 of Fayetteville,who died Wednesday night at Donalson Care Center. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Clyde Brooks and Bessie Shaw Smith. He was a retired employee of Teledyne...

Funeral services for Fredna Mae Russell Ellis, age 77 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Jones and Bro. James West officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mrs. Ellis passed away Thursday...

Funeral services for Annie Lou Flynn, age 94 of Hermitage, TN, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Terrell Bain officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery beside her husband Henry...

Funeral services for Mary Katherine Ventress Spurlock and Vernon Rogers Spurlock, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Spurlock passed away on...

Funeral services for Mary Katherine Ventress Spurlock and Vernon Rogers Spurlock, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Spurlock passed away on...

Funeral service for SSG USA RET Robert Lemar Ford age 80 of Taft, will be conducted Saturday at 1 p. m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. William Moede officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Ford passed away Wednesday morning at Lincoln Medical...

Funeral services for Mary Sue Hardiman, age 87 of Ardmore, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Cothren officiating. Burial will follow in New Grove Cemetery beside her husband Roy W. Hardiman. Mrs. Hardiman passed away Monday...

Graveside service for Robert Wayne “Bobby Bird” Scott, age 57 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Unity Cemetery with Rev. Todd Gaskill officiating. Mr. Scott passed away Sunday at his residence. A native of Lincoln County, he was son the late...

Funeral services for Lela Baker, age 92 of Toney, AL, formerly of Spring City, TN, will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Colter Funeral Home in Dayton, TN. Burial will follow in the McClendon Cemetery in Spring City, TN. beside her husband Fred Baker Mrs. Baker...

Mr. Auburn Lee Jennings, age 19 of Fayetteville, passed away Thursday morning at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Lincoln County and was the son of Jimmy Jennings of Taft and Lisa Mason Cobern and Todd of Fayetteville. He was a member of the Presbyterian...

Graveside services for Catherine Rae Pitcock, infant daughter of Johnny Ray and Melanie Arney Pitcock, will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Carter Hills Cemetery with Rev. Bill Moede and Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Survivors in addition to her parents include...

Funeral services for Mary Inez Hambrick Cagle, age 71 of Taft, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Schuelke officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs. Cagle passed away Thursday morning at Lincoln Medical...

Graveside service for Patty Dockery Cowley, age 46 of Kelso, will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Kelso Cemetery with Pastor Mike Robertson officiating. Mrs. Cowley passed away Tuesday evening at Fayetteville Care and Rehabilitation Center. A native of...

Funeral services for Frances L. Daniel Slayton, age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 11a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery beside her husband Bob “Dock” Slayton who passed away in 2008....

Graveside service for Hilda Faye Turney Stubblefield, age 93 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will be beside her husband C.C. Stubblefield. Mrs. Stubblefield passed away...

Funeral services for Jessica Leigh Brown, age 21 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 11a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Vickers and Rev. Tim Shields officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. A native of Lincoln County, Miss Brown was...

Graveside service for Jack Hinton Ray, age 78 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at Marble Plains Cemetery at Tims Ford Park with Bro. Chris Jones officiating. Mr. Ray passed away Tuesday in Fayetteville Care and Rehab. A native of...

Funeral services for Anita Kelley Bassham, age 78 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Rogers officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia beside her husband Donald Bassham who passed away in...

Funeral services for Mr. L. W. Jones, age 89 of Flintville, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip Jones and Rev. Jeremy Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jones passed away Sunday at...

Funeral service for Mr. (Kippy) Clifford Brown Yount age 71 of Mulberry, will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. David Arrington officiating. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery. Mr. Yount passed away Friday evening at Lincoln Medical...

Graveside service for James E. Blair, age 53 of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mr.Blair passed away Wednesday at his residence. He was a native of Birmingham, AL and...