Obituaries

Funeral services for Betty Jean Vann Esslinger, age 77 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery beside her husband Roy Thomas Esslinger Sr. Mrs. Esslinger passed away Friday morning at her...

Funeral services for Jennings Douglas Stovall, Sr. age 61 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Richard Hughes, Bro. Tim Smith, Doug Watts, and Rev. Jeff Stovall officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills...

Funeral services for James B. "Bud" Stevenson, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Stan Stevenson officiating, Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Stevenson passed away Wednesday morning at his...

Funeral services for Virginia M. Stevenson, age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeffrey Young officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Harold Stevenson. Mrs. Stevenson passed away...

Walter Mitchell Crawford III, 75 of Fayetteville, Tennessee, died Monday December 19, 2011, at Donaldson Retirement Center following an extended illness. Mitchell was born February 10, 1936 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. His family moved to Chattanooga in 1948 where he...

Funeral services for Carrie Lee Thompson Dickey, age 94 of the Smithland Community, will be conducted Wednesday at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Jerry Mansfield officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery beside her husband Louis Clinton Dickey Sr. who...

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Lona Jeanette Lingle Viering Shearer age 76, of Fayetteville. Mrs Shearer passed away Saturday morning at her residence. A native of Harrisburg, PA, the daughter of the late Grant Thomas and Earnestine Shandelmeir...

Funeral services for Eula Paul Holman, age 91 of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Holman passed away Thursday afternoon at Lincoln Care Center. He was a native of Madison County, AL...

Mrs. Faye Lynn Shead Pope, age 61 of Fayetteville, passed away Tuesday morning in Huntsville Hospital. She was a native of Douglasville, GA, daughter of the late Dixon and Ruby Shead Sr. Mrs. Pope was employed by Goodman Manufacturing as Traffic Manager and was a...

Funeral services for Lillian Henderson Wilson, age 87 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson passed away Monday morning at her residence. She...

Funeral services for Hardy Bailey Ferrell, age 76 of Mulberry, will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Terrell Bain and Rev. Roger Bates officiating. Private burial will follow in the Mulberry Cemetery. Mr. Ferrell passed away...

It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. Hazel Boggs age 95 of Fayetteville. Mrs. Boggs passed away Friday morning at her residence. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Willie Monroe and Alda Alene Heathcoat Goolsby, a retired nurse...

Funeral services for James Madison Hickson, age 88 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday morning at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Derrick Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hickson passed away Wednesday morning in Donalson...

Funeral services for Beverly Douglas Williams, age 62 of Kelso, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell and Bro. Jack Hice officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Williams passed away...

Funeral services for Gracie B. (Pat) Ennis Shelton, age 85, Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes and Bro. Randy Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Shelton passed away...

Funeral services for Mr. Ray Collins, age 78 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Cemetery Mr. Collins passed away Tuesday afternoon at his residence. A native of...

Funeral services for Jimmy Ray Foster, age 57, of Huntsville will be conducted Thursday at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. Mr. Foster passed away at his residence on Monday. He was a...

Sue-Dale Oldham Bonner, age 75 of Florence, Ala, formerly of Fayetteville joined the Lord while surrounded by her family on Friday December 31, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Robert Hal and Janie Inez (Towry) Oldham. Survived by her husband, James Aubrey...

Funeral Services for Mr. John Carl Moore Jr., age 93 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Tuesday at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Moore passed away Saturday at Donalson Nursing Home. Mr....

Funeral service for Mrs. Juanita (Gulley) Jones, age 76 of Kelso, will be conducted Friday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Wallace and Bro. Dennis Kimmery officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mrs. Jones passed away Tuesday evening at...

Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Johnston Sullenberger Johnson age 99, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Calvin Todd officiating. Graveside service will be Friday at 11 AM at Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, TN Mrs....

Funeral services for Mrs. Lottie Wells Parker, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Parker passed away Monday at Lincoln Medical Center. She...

Funeral service for Mr. William (Bill) Tripp age 77, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Wright and Bro. Bill Ivey officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery beside his wife Carolyn Tripp who passed away in...

Nola Christine Warren Liles, age 98, a long time native of Fayetteville, died December 1, 2011 at Golden Living in Arab, AL, having battled Alzheimer's disease for over 10 years. Mrs. Liles was born April 9, 1913 in Giles Co., Tn. and was the eldest daughter of...

Funeral service for Mrs Sandra Faye (Osment) Tillman age 56, will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Doug Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mrs Tillman was born on March 8, 1955 and passed away Sunday November 27, 2011 in...

Funeral services for Louise Raby Taylor, age 86, of Pensacola, FL formerly of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Saturday at 11 AM at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Florence, AL with Rev. Dwayne McDuff and John Fogarty officating. Graveside services will...

Funeral services for Eugene Dunn, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Wiser and Jack Hoffman officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Mr. Dunn passed away Thursday morning in Huntsville...

Funeral services for Ray W. Frame, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Wright officiating. Burial will be in Stewart's Cemetery. Mr. Frame passed away Tuesday afternoon in Donalson Care Center. He was a...

Memorial services for Julia Belew Phillips, age 72, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Mrs. Phillips passed away Monday at her residence. She was a native of Lexington, TN and the daughter of the late Eugene and Lois Wade...

Funeral services for David Travis Ferguson, age 44, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 11am at Higgins Funeral Home with burial to follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Ferguson passed away Sunday in Lewisburg. He is a native of Lincoln County son of the late...

Funeral services for Mrs. Billie Lindsay Towry, age 85, of Nashville, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 11AM at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Dr. Calvin Todd officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial...

Mrs. Marie Curtis Brewer, age 92, of Fayetteville passed away Friday at her residence. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Will C. and Mildred Brownlow Curtis. She was the wife of the late Ira Wilson Brewer who passed away in 1973. She was...

Memorial services for Edward (Ed) Biggers Young, III, will be Sunday at 2PM at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Young, a native of Lincoln County, passed away at the Donalson...

Graveside services for Alfred E. “Pete” Smith, Jr. Age 64, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 1 PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Mr. Smith passed away Thursday at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Lincoln County and...

Funeral services for Billy Mack Mitchell, age 53, of Delrose will be conducted Wednesday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Bee Springs Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell passed away Sunday in Huntsville Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son...

A Private Visitation for Mrs. Diana Denise Schneider, age 49, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at Higgins Funeral. Mrs. Schneider passed away Monday at Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville. She was a native of San Mateo, CA and the daughter of the Suzanne...

Funeral service for Mrs. Wilma Elizabeth Swinford Monks, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Langford and Elder K.L. Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Monks passed away...

Funeral services for Charles Lee Williams, Sr. age 76 of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 10 AM at First Baptist Church with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Jasper, Alabama. Mr. Williams passed away Monday morning in...

Graveside service for Mr. John Willard Bradford age 72, of Kelso will be conducted Sunday at 2PM at Stewarts Cemetery with Bro.Craig Clemons and Bro. Rickey Lee Clemons officiating. Mr. Bradford passed away Friday afternoon at Maury Regional Hospital. A native of...

Funeral service for Mr. Waldon Edward Tarpley age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 7:00pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Phillips and Bro. Richard Rogers officiating. Burial will be Friday at 1:00pm  in Riverside Cemetery in Woodbury. Mr....