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George Ed White
Graveside service for Mr. George Ed White age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 2 PM at Prospect Cemetery with Rev. Milton Martin officiating and Higgins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr White passed away Thursday evening at Donalson Care...

Ina Mae Stone Tipton
Funeral services for Mrs. Ina Mae Stone Tipton, age 88, of Elora will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Schultz officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery in Plevna, Alabama. Mrs. Tipton passed away Thursday evening in...

Eleanor Griffin Holland
Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Griffin Holland, age 90, of the Hot Rock Community will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Thomas Smith and Bro. Roger Berry officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery beside her husband...

Charles Bogard Rice
Graveside services were conducted Sunday May 22nd at 2 PM at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens for Mr. Charles Bogard Rice. Mr Rice passed away Saturday at Donalson Care Center. A native of Florence, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Sutton and Sara Yvonne...

Lloyd Locker
Funeral service for Mr. Lloyd Locker age 75, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Locker passed away Friday at his residence. A native of...

Edwin Grant Simms
Funeral service for Mr. Edwin Grant Simms age 87, of Tullahoma, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Wall officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. Simms passed away Friday evening at Life Care Center of Tullahoma....

Mary Jo Twitty
Graveside services for Mary Jo Twitty age 87 of Florida, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday May 25th at 10AM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Miss Twitty passed away peacefully at home May 6, 2011 in Cocoa Beach,...

Donna Scott Cook
Funeral services for Mrs. Donna Scott Cook age 39 of Princeton, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Chris Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Cook passed away Sunday May 15th...

Jimmy Joe Childress
Funeral service for Jimmy Joe Childress, age 67, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Childress passed away Monday morning in...

Azilee Thompson Moorehead
Funeral service for Mrs. Azilee Thompson Moorehead age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Ketchum officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery beside her husband L. C. Moorehead. Mrs Moorehead passed away...

Janie Brown Patterson
Funeral service for Mrs. Janie Brown Patterson age 76 , of Coldwater Community will be conducted Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Derrick Moose officiating. Burial will follow in New Grove Cemetery beside her husband of 56 years, J. D....

Sarah Wraight Black
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Wraight Black age 77 of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Stateline Cemetery beside her husband Duane Arnold Black who passed away 2008. Mrs...

James (Jim) William Hardin
Funeral services for Mr. James (Jim) William Hardin, age 63, of Petersburg will be conducted Friday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mr. Hardin passed away Tuesday night in Baptist Hospital....

Nelda Joe Dye
Funeral services for Mrs. Nelda Joe Dye, age 78, of Taft will be conducted Saturday at 11am at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will be in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband Ralph Franklin Dye. Mrs. Dye passed away Tuesday evening...

Rosa Lee Vaughn Honea
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Lee Vaughn Honea age 85, of Fayetteville will be conducted Monday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Clardy, Bro Billy Moore and Bro. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery beside her husband R....

Mildred Irene May Raby
Mildred Irene May Raby, age 89, of Fayetteville passed away Tuesday at Donalson Care Center. She was the daughter of the late William Robert and Daisy Dean Woods May and was employed by Serbin Fashions and S & M Manufacturing for 32 years. Mrs. Raby was married to...

Marie Brazelton Marshall
A memorial service for Mrs. Marie Brazelton Marshall, age 91 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Mrs. Marshall passed away Friday evening at Donalson Care Center. A native of Lincoln...

Lelton Legg
Funeral services for Mr. Lelton Legg, age 83, of Kelso will be conducted at 1:00PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Young officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Legg passed away Thursday night in Lincoln Medical Center. He was...

Mary Elizabeth “Momzie” Mitchell
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth “Momzie” Mitchell, age 77, of Frankewing will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mark Henry officiating. Burial will follow in New Grove Cemetery. Ms. Mitchell passed away Thursday afternoon in St....

Frankie D. Reed
Graveside services for Mr. Frankie D. Reed, age 77, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 2PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will be beside his wife Janice Groce Reed who passed away in March 2010. Mr. Reed passed away...

Reba Dean Nichols
Funeral services for Mrs. Reba Dean Nichols age 68, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home . Burial will follow in Maxwell Cemetery. Mrs Nichols passed away Saturday morning at Donalson Care Center. A native of Lincoln County, she...

Jack Mullins
Funeral services for Mr. Jack Mullins age 85, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Hudgins officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Mullins passed away Friday morning in Maury Regional Hospital. A...

Mary Ellen Ables Beddingfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Ables Beddingfield age 78, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mrs Beddingfield passed away Thursday morning in Huntsville Hospital. A native of Lincoln...

Frances A. Alexander
Funeral services for Frances A. Alexander age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 11 AM at Fayetteville First Baptist Church with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Miss. Alexander passed away Tuesday at...

Infant Jacob Wayne Durham
A graveside service for Infant Jacob Wayne Durham will be conducted Wednesday at 2 PM at Unity Cemetery with Bro. Craig Clemons officiating. Jacob passed away Monday afternoon at Huntsville Hospital. Survivors include his parents Bryan and Elizabeth Mills Durham of...

Roy Edward Fisher
Funeral service for Mr. Roy E. Fisher age 67, of Fayetteville will be conducted at South Haven Christian Church in Valparaiso, Indiana. Mr. Fisher passed away Sunday morning at Lincoln Medical Center. A native of West Virginia, the son of the late Charles and Eileen...

Rayburn Cecil Mearse
Funeral services for Mr. Rayburn Cecil Mearse, age 58, of Pioneer Drive, Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Carlos Beddingfield officiating, burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens....

Alma “Mee-Mee” Riggs
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Alma “Mee-Mee” Riggs, age 86 of Fayetteville, who passed peacefully on April 9, 2010. A native of West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Estel and Bessie Holstein Gibson. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Virginia Ruth Tucker
It is with regret that we announce the death of Ms. Virginia Ruth Tucker, age 91 of Fayetteville, who passed away Friday evening at her residence. A native of Lincoln County she was the daughter of the late Betty Mae Ryan and Frank Burke Pendleton. Ms. Tucker was a...

William G. Melter
A memorial service for Mr. William G. Melter, age 71 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday April 16th at 11 AM at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Jose Officiating. Mr. Melton passed away Saturday morning at his residence. A native of Milwaukee, WI he...

Larry Dean Mathis
Funeral services for Larry Dean Mathis, age 74, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11am at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff May officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mr. Mathis passed away at his son's residence...

Jeffrey Wayne Paris
Memorial services for Jeffrey Wayne Paris, age 46, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 11am at the Fayetteville First Baptist Church. Mr. Paris passed away Saturday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He was a native of Los Angeles, CA and the son of Fred Paris...

Edward David Meadows
A celebration of life service for Mr. Edward David Meadows age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday April 2, 2011 at 1 PM at 82 Grisham Road. Mr Meadows passed away Thursday morning March 24th at his residence. Mr. Meadows was the son of the late Bloney and...

Betty Jo Sams Merrell
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jo Sams Merrell, age 76, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2:30pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James E. Rolison officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Merrell passed away Friday morning in...

Dr. Jack H. Lamb D.D.S.
Dr. Jack H. Lamb D.D.S., age 62 of Fayetteville died March 22, 2011. Dr. Lamb was born at home October 3, 1948 in Paris, Tenn. to the late Patrick and Norene Lamb. To his family, he was a loving husband, father, brother and uncle. He served the dental needs of the...

Celia Lancaster Oldham
Funeral services for Mrs. Celia Lancaster Oldham, age 58, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Oldham passed away Tuesday at her...

Jimmie Dale Chapman
Graveside funeral services for Mr. Jimmie Dale Chapman, age 67 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 PM at Melson Cemetery where he will be buried beside his mother. Mr. Chapman passed away Friday March the 18th at the Veteran's Hospital in Murfreesboro....

Annie Mae Edde McWhirter
Funeral services for Annie Mae Edde McWhirter, age 90, of Mulberry will be conducted Thursday at 1:00pm at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith and Jason Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Champ Cemetery beside her husband Mack Alvin McWhirter. Mrs....

Dr. Mike Collins PhD.
Graveside services for Dr. Mike Collins PhD. age 57, of Bartlett, TN will be conducted Thursday at 11:30am at Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens with John Edmondson officiating. Higgins Funeral Home is in charge. Dr. Collins passed away Sunday night in...

Mary Elizabeth Boyd
Graveside services for Miss Mary Elizabeth Boyd, age 95, of Fayetteville will be conducted Tuesday at 12PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating. Higgins Funeral Home is in charge of services. Miss Boyd passed away Sunday at Lincoln Care...