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Rachel Alene Burton
Graveside services for Rachel Alene Burton, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 11AM at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Burton passed away Thursday night in Donalson Care Center. She was a native of ...

Terry David Jackson
Memorial services for Terry David Jackson, age 65, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Mr. Jackson passed away Wednesday in Donalson Care Center. He was a native of Indiana, son of the late Dale Lomax, Sr. and Ruth Smartt...

Gracie Lee Price Spray
Funeral services for Gracie Lee Price Spray, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Scott Honea officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband, Homer Wilson Spray who passed away in 1989. Mrs....

Joshua Caldwell, Jr.
Graveside service for Infant Joshua Caldwell Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2PM at Mulberry Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to service time at the cemetery. Survivors include his parents Joshua and Halley Underwood Caldwell, grandparents...

Samuel Garner Peck
Graveside services for Samuel Garner Peck, age 93, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2pm at Rose Hill Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Mr. Peck passed away Thursday at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Birmingham, AL but a longtime...

Edward Dean Sanders
Graveside services for Mr. Edward Dean Sanders, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday, October 17 at 1 PM at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. Mike Hovis officiating. Mr. Sanders passed away October 16, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Sanders was a native of Lincoln...

Mildred Katherine Massey Groce
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Katherine Massey Groce, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday, October 18 at 11 AM at Chestnut Ridge Church of Christ with Bro. Bill Cantrell and Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating.. Burial will follow in Melson Cemetery...

Bobby Groce
Bobby Wilson Groce, age 81, a lifetime resident of Fayetteville, passed away October 12, 2011 at Donelson Nursing Home following a extended illness. Born on December 15, 1929 to John W. and Ima Pamplin Groce. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, brother Joel...

Layman Rashad Foster
Layman Rashad Foster was born on November 8th, 1992 in Lincoln County, TN to Camilla Wright and Layman Foster. He departed from this life at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 6:20pm. He was 18. Rashad was an inspiration to the lives of...

Vellie Burch
Graveside services for Vellie Mae Sinyard Burch, age 92, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2PM at Mt. Garner Cemetery in Decherd, TN beside her husband Hollis Felton Burch. Mrs. Burch passed away Monday evening at her residence. She was a native...

Eli Bryce Atchley
Eli Bryce Atchley was only here for a brief time. He was born August 10, 2011 at 10:44 AM to parents Megan Bradley and Eric Atchley. He weighed 5 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.Eli's family was blessed with him for almost 2 months before he went to his...

Timothy Cole (Tim) Mullins
Funeral service for Mr. Timothy Cole (Tim) Mullins age 51, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 2 PM Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Mr. Mullins passed away Tuesday afternoon at his residence....

Betty Jo Kitchens
Betty Jo Kitchens, age 75, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2011, of natural causes. Ms. Kitchens was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on January 30,1936. She is survived by three sons, Phillip Joyner of Huntsville, Alabama, Kenneth Joyner of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Daniel Joyner...

Donald Gene Pettie
Funeral services for Mr. Donald Gene Pettie age 52, will be conducted Friday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Stewart's Cemetery. Mr Pettie passed away September 27, 2011 in Miami, Florida. A native of Madison County, AL, he was the son of the...

Martha Frances Patrick
Graveside services for Martha Frances Patrick, age 77, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11AM at Stewart’s Cemetery with Bro. Gene Thomas officiating and with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Patrick passed away Monday morning at Lincoln Medical...

Linda M. Thornton Fears
Graveside services for Linda M. Thornton Fears, age 66, of Lebanon formerly of Lincoln County will be conducted Friday at 2:30pm at Shiloh Cemetery with Bro. Edd Templeton officiating. Mrs. Fears passed away Wednesday morning in Alive Hospice in Nashville. She was a...

Maggie Elizabeth Rutledge
Funeral service for Mrs. Maggie Elizabeth Rutledge, age 89 of Flintville, will be conducted Thursday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Benny Hipps officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery beside her late husband Henry Thomas (Heck) Rutledge. Mrs....

Bert Holman Whitehead
Funeral services for Bert Holman Whitehead, age 92, of Petersburg will be conducted Thursday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ellis Coats and Brian Stone officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Mr. Whitehead passed away Monday night in Lincoln...

Virginia Owen Woodall
Graveside services for Virginia Owen Woodall, age 92, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 10AM at New Grove Cemetery with Van Massey officiating. Mrs. Woodall passed away Monday morning in Donalson Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County and the...

Larry D. Mills
Funeral services for Larry D. Mills, age 63, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00 pm at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Mills passed away Monday morning in Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Lincoln...

Barbara Allen Schou
Barbara Allen Schou passed away September 25, 2011 at Lynchburg Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Barbara was born in Pensacola, Florida, to Robert Cecil Allen and his wife Nell Smith Allen. She grew up in Fayetteville, TN and lived most of her life there. She...

Coy D. Manderson
Funeral services for Coy D. Manderson, age 78, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Cleo Moon officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Manderson passed away Wednesday at his residence. A...

Infant Tristan Isaac Moyers
Infant Tristan Isaac Moyers, age 9 days, passed away in Huntsville Hospital Tuesday morning. He is the son of Steven and Brittany Buckner Moyers of Fayetteville and the grandson of Gary and Sherry Moyers of Fayetteville, Angela Steelman and husband John of...

Luis P. Alicea
Mr. Luis P. Alicea, age 49, of Belvidere, TN passed away September 15, 2011 in Huntsville Hospital. He was the son of the late Luis Alicea and Janet Stevick Gipson who survives. He was a former truck driver for Averitt Express and a member of the Flintville Missionary...

David Larry “Frog” Halcomb
Funeral services for Mr. David Larry “Frog” Halcomb, age 71, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Halcomb passed away Sunday at his residence. He was...

Janie Shelton West
Funeral services for Mrs. Janie Shelton West, age 80 of Portland, will be conducted Monday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Andrews and Bro. Richard McWilliams officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs. West passed...

Nellie Alice Corder Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Alice Corder Hill, age 78, of Kelso, TN, will be Sunday, September 11 at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Hill passed away Friday at Huntsville Hospital....

Willard Kenneth Rozar
Funeral service for Mr. Willard Kenneth Rozar age 68, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday at 2 PM at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Bro. Tony Billions and Bro. Bobby Vickers officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mr. Rozar passed away Friday...

Billy Lee Winsett
Funeral services for Billy Lee Winsett, age 76, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 1PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bob Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Winsett passed away Tuesday at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of...

Eleanor Jean Shilson Oliver
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Eleanor Jean Shilson Oliver age 68, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Oliver passed away Monday at her residence. She was a native of Yale, British Columbia and the daughter of the late James and Verna Jessop Shilson and was an...

John Anne Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. John Anne Smith of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, formerly of Fayetteville, will be Friday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Michael McFarlen officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery beside her husband Lindsey Blake...

Mrs. Edith Beatrice Frame Trentham
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Beatrice Frame Trentham age 71, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith and Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Mr. Wilson...

Melvin L. Stewart
Funeral services for Mr. Melvin L. Stewart, age 78, of Flintville will be conducted Saturday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Benny Hipps officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Stewart passed away Thursday night at his...

Glenda Ann Smith Beard
Graveside services for Glenda Ann Smith Beard, age 50, of Fayetteville will be conducted at Saturday at 3PM at Flintville Cemetery with Bro. Dan Bolin officiating. Mrs. Beard passed away Friday morning in Lincoln Medical Center. Higgins Funeral Home is in charge of...

Buford Glen Winsett
Funeral services for Buford Glen Winsett, age 74, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at11am at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Center Point Cemetery. Mr. Winsett passed away Thursday morning at Donalson Care...

Ross Taylor
Graveside services for Mr. Ross Taylor, age 82, of Nashville formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 2PM at Stewart’s Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Taylor passed away Monday at Mercy Residential Hospice in Knoxville. He was a native of...

Anna Delane “Dee” Holland
Funeral services for Anna Delane “Dee” Holland, age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Dr. Thomas H. Holland who passed...

Michael Winford
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Michael Winford age 55, of Fayetteville. Mr Winford passed away Friday morning at Donaldson Care Center. A native of Lincoln County, he was the the son of the late Jerry and Beth Carter Winford, Mr Winford was a...

Darrell Wade Smith
Graveside services for Darrell Wade Smith, age 40, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 12:00PM at Rose Bank Cemetery in the Flat Creek community of Bedford County with Pastor Carey Smith officiating. Mr. Smith passed away Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center...

Floy McAnally Hood Hines (Mammur)
Funeral services for Mrs. Floy McAnally Hood Hines (Mammur), age 87, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at the West Fayetteville Church of Christ with Bro. David Sain and Bro. Don Wallace officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Cemetery...