Obituaries

Graveside service for Mary Loretta Walker, age 93, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Smiths Chapel Cemetery in Moore County, TN with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the...

Lillian C. Posey departed this world on December 5, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 29, 1931, to the late Sidney and Grace Crawford in Lincoln County, TN. Mrs. Posey was a hard worker and never met a stranger. She was a retired...

Funeral service for Mickey Wayne Buchanan, age 69, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1pm on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ron Arrick and Brian Gass officiating. Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Jackie Phillip Hall, age 63, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 12 PM on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Heaven gained one of its soon to be most unique residents on December 2, 2023. Robert William Gray, Sr., aka “Bob” to his friends or “Big Bob” to his family, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends. Bob was born on March 12, 1934, in Lincoln...

Tony Lee Bradley, beloved son, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend passed from this life on November 29, 2023, at the age of 24. He is survived by his parents, Chad and Lee Ann Gray Bradley; maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Gray; paternal grandmother, Debbie Bradley;...

Funeral service for Debbie Smith Faulkner, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Friday, December 1, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Booneville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Miriam Gail Tatum, age 83, of Fayetteville, TN. Gail was born July 3, 1940, in Florence, AL to the late Eugene Burdine and Nadine England Wells. She was a homemaker and she loved to cook and care for her family. Gail’s...

Funeral service for Mrs. Billye Jane Brannon Morrison, age, 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted on Friday, November 24, 2023, at 1pm at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery next to her husband, Donald B. Morrison. Visitation with the...

Catherine White (Kate) Young passed away after an illness from Cancer. Predeceased by Parents, James Beverly (Bev) Young, Sr. and mother, Sarah McClellan Buchanan Young and her brother, Edward Biggers Young, III, all of Fayetteville. She is survived by brothers, James...

Graveside funeral service for Charles Alfred Thompson, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Unity Cemetery with Bro. James Shelton officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Chuck was born on...

Funeral service for Pamela Gay Parsley Steelman, age 59, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Monday, November 13, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dwight Smith, Rev. Ann Hatcher, and Marsha Hale officiating. Burial will follow in the Booneville...

A funeral service for Paul Anthony Rayoum, Sr., age 61, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10am until 11am on Tuesday at Higgins....

A graveside service for Dorothy Tipps Spurlock, age 86, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Eric Lones officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Dorothy was...

A funeral service for Anthony William Banks, age 60, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Friday, November 3, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dan Duncan officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be...

Hubert Donald (Don) Holman, 87, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 27, 2023. Don is survived by his wife of 61 years, Betty Woodward Holman.  He was predeceased by daughter, Elizabeth Lynn Vainrib (Byron surviving) and is...

It is with regret we announce the passing of James Earl Price, age 66, of Shelbyville, TN. James was born on October 25, 1957, in Fayetteville, TN, and passed away on October 29, 2023, in Shelbyville, TN. Survivors include his wife, Jill Noel Price; son, Jace...

A life celebration for Jake Robert Neely, age 36, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 7 PM on Monday, October 30, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until 7 PM on Monday at Higgins Funeral...

A graveside service for Stefanie Jo Swinford Fikes will be held at 2pm on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at Kirkland Cemetery with Bro. Troy Green officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Stefanie was born December 10, 1972, in...

Vivian Jones Sanders, December 15, 1923 - September 7, 2023. Vivian Jones Sanders was born to John Manley Jones and Ruth Adams Jones in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 15, 1923, and grew up in Clinton, North Carolina, until leaving home for East Carolina...

Graveside service for Mr. Mark Blackwelder, age 75, of Fayetteville, TN, will be conducted on Tuesday October 24, 2023, at 1 PM at Old Orchard Cemetery with Bro. Jason Caldwell officiating. A Masonic service will follow the visitation at noon at Higgins Funeral...

Funeral service for Mary Jo Harwell Owens, age 84, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 7 PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 4 PM until 7 PM on Tuesday at Higgins. Burial will take place at 3 PM on...

A funeral service for Mrs. Sara Francis Hall Stevenson, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 12pm on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Minister Stan Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation with the family...

A graveside service for Linda Faye Brown Gowan, age 81, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at Booneville Cemetery with Bro. Jeff Collet officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Faye was born December 12,...

A funeral service for Marjorie Ann McLeod Redden, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2pm on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Pastor Mike Johnson officiating.  Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery. Visitation...

Funeral service for James Lee Fox, Sr., age 68, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham, Bro. Ennis Hyman and Bro. James Strope officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills...

Funeral service for Norman W. Spears, Jr., age 79, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Wayne McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM until...

Memorial service for Carl Richard Tucker, age 67, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Shaneyfelt officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until 2 PM on Saturday at Higgins...

Graveside service for Gayle Lewter Haislip, upon her wishes, will be held at Riverview Memorial Gardens on Monday, October 2, 2023, at 2:00 PM. Bro. Joe Wayne McGee will officiate. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Gayle, age 85, was born on...

Graveside service for David Alan Gibson, age 67, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Sunday, October 1, 2023, at Stewart Cemetery with William Russell (Thumper) Pigg officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. David Alan...

Funeral service for Donna Lou Bland, age 64, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Howell officiating. Burial will follow in the Prosperity Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from...

Funeral service for Ruby Jean Dunivan, age 85, of Dellrose, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Monday, September 25, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. John Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be from 11...

Funeral service for Linda Fay Fletcher, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Derrick Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family...

A memorial service for Barry Lynn Howell, age 74, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 4pm on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 1pm until 4pm on Sunday at Higgins. Barry was born February 19, 1949, in Lincoln...

Funeral service for Mrs. JoAnne Owen White, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1pm on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Donnie Browning officiating. Burial will follow at Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 11am...

Martha Holly Parkes, age 93 of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Lincoln County Medical Center. A native of Lincoln County, she was born on May 24, 1930, in Fayetteville to the late Jim Bell and Lula (Anderson) Holly.  She had...

Robert Middleton DeBerry, Jr, was born August 20, 1939. He graduated from Morrison High School, where he lettered in Basketball and then went on to serve in the United States Air Force. After being last stationed in Dover, Delaware, he returned to Manchester,...

Funeral service for Floyd Land, age 80, of Lewisburg, TN will be held at 1pm on Friday, September 15, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Frank Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 11am...

Orville Hoyte Woods, age 87, left this earthly life to enter glory on September 9th, following a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his loving family in his home. Mr. Woods was born and raised on his family’s farm in Smithland, Tennessee. He was the youngest of...

Funeral service for Sally Posey Beddingfield, age 92, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hackney and Bro. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in the State Line Cemetery. ...