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L D Tucker
Funeral services for Mr. L D Tucker, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside his first wife Lela Mae Mooneyham Tucker who died in 1967. Mr....

Richard E. Stuart
Graveside funeral services for Mr. Richard E. Stuart, age 82, of Fayetteville will be conduced at 2 PM Sunday at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Richard Rogers officiating. Mr. Stuart passed away Saturday morning at Lynchburg Nursing Home. A son of the late Percy...

Dwight Lowery
Funeral services for Mr. Dwight Lowery, age 85, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Pauline Blaylock Lowery. Mr. Lowery passed...

Kathleen Caldwell Hunter
Funeral services for Mrs. Kathleen Caldwell Hunter, age 83, of Nashville formerly of Kelso will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery beside her husband Joe Billy Hunter. Mrs. Hunter passed away Wednesday...

Ricky Lynn Hatley
Funeral services for Mr. Ricky Lynn Hatley, age 48, of Flintville will be conducted Wednesday at 2PM at the Flintville First Baptist Church with Bro. Bruce Shockley and Dr. Paul Sain officiating. Burial will follow in the Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Hatley passed away...

Leonard George Hughes
Funeral services for Mr. Leonard George Hughes, age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 12PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hughes passed away Tuesday night in Donalson Care...

Lt. Cdr. Ronald Eldred Buntley, Jr
Graveside services for Lieutenant Commander Ronald Eldred Buntley, Jr, age 79, of Tullahoma will be conducted Thursday at 1:00PM at Booneville Cemetery. Cdr. Buntley passed away Saturday night in Harton Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of...

Terry Joe Wooten
Funeral services for Mr. Terry Joe Wooten, age 43, of Taft will be conducted at 2 PM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Chaplain James Young officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Mr. Wooten passed away Friday at his residence. A son of the late Ray...

William Warren “Bill” Gill, Jr.
Funeral services for Mr. William Warren ”Bill” Gill, Jr. age 90, of Petersburg will be conducted at 3 PM Sunday at Petersburg United Methodist Church with Rev. Beulah Wright and Doug Watt officiating . Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mr. Gill passed away...

William Monroe Stem
Mr. William Monroe Stem, age 81, of Fayetteville passed away Thursday night in Huntsville Hospital. He was a native of Rover, TN, a draftsman with NASA and a member of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International. Survivors include his wife Juanita Hall Stem of...

Charles Gregory Rasmussen, Sr.
Funeral services for Charles Gregory Rasmussen, Sr., age 53 of Tanner, AL will be conducted at 2PM Monday November 8th at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Rasmussen passed away Tuesday morning at his residence. He was born in...

James Butler “Jab” Faulkner
Funeral services for Mr. James Butler “Jab” Faulkner, age 87, of the Booneville Community will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside his wife Frances Worsham...

Henry Lawson Counts
Funeral services for Mr. Henry Lawson Counts, age 63, of Elora will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Counts passed away Tuesday at Lincoln Medical Center. He was...

Geneva Steelman
Funeral services for Mrs. Geneva Steelman, age 81, of Flintville will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery in Plevna, AL. Mrs. Steelman passed away at Huntsville Hospital on...

Geraldine Carter Pitts
Geraldine Carter Pitts, 92 years of age, went to be with the Lord on October 30, 2010. Mrs. Pitts was born on September 8, 1918 in Coldwater, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Carter, Sr., her husband Raymond Anderson Pitts,...

William Ray “Bud” Brown
Graveside service for Mr. William Ray “Bud” Brown age 66 of Lincoln County will be conducted Monday at 2 PM at Booneville cemetery. Mr. Brown passed away Saturday morning at his residence. A native of Lincoln County, and the son of the late Farris and Lurlene Goosby...

Marsha “Susie” Howell Fitch
Funeral services for Marsha “Susie” Howell Fitch, age 66, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Fitch passed away Wednesday afternoon at Donalson Skill...

Irene Sharp Simmons
Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Sharp Simmons, age 80, of Elora will be conducted Wednesday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Elder Harlis Hale and Elder Lloyd Simmons officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery beside her husband Selna O. Simmons. Mrs....

Carrie Mae Keller
Funeral services for Miss Carrie Mae Keller, age 17, of Petersburg, will be conducted at 3 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home. Miss Keller passed away Friday afternoon at Lincoln Medical Center. The daughter of Richard and Dawn Castile Keller, who survive, she was a...

Danny Ray Reeves
Funeral services for Mr. Danny Ray Reeves, age 47, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 1:00PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ennis Hyman and Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mr. Reeves passed away Monday evening at...

Teresa L. Roop
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Teresa L. Roop, age 55, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Roop passed away at her residence. A daughter of the late Robert Oaks and Marceline Roberts who survives, she was a native Ft. McPherson, GA. Survivors, in addition to...

Ronald Lee Dickinson
Funeral services for Mr. Ronald Lee Dickinson, age 72, of Dunroamin Lane Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday morning at 11:00AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Anthony Johnson and Father Mike MacMahon officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial...

Jo Ann Gibson Mason
Funeral services for Mrs. Jo Ann Gibson Mason, age 74, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Lon Ostrzycki officiating. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mrs. Mason passed awaySunday at St. Thomas Hospital. She...

Jerry Lynn Brown
Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Lynn Brown, age 19, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Sonny Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Jerry...

Wayne Lloyd Barnes
Funeral services for Mr. Wayne Lloyd Barnes, age 75 of the Howell Community, will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Todd Gaskill and Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mr Barnes passed away Saturday...

Patricia Marilyn Scivally
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Patricia Marilyn Scivally, age 57, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Pastor Benny Hipps officiating. Mrs. Scivally passed away Saturday morning at her residence. A daughter of the late...

Viola Tucker Smartt
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Tucker Smartt, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor James Holt and Kathleen Marr officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Mrs. Smartt passed away...

Mayme Massey Hensley
Funeral services for Mrs. Mayme Massey Hensley, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday at 1PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Ramey officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Hensley passed away Tuesday morning...

Wilma Doris Beech Norman
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilma D. Norman, age 79, of Flintville will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Willie Banks officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery beside her husband L. W. Norman who passed away in 2005. ...

Larry Eugene Askins
Larry Eugene Askins Born October 25, 1936 In Petersburg, TN Passed away September 24, 2010 in Germantown, TN Son of Thelma Eugenia McGeehee Askins and Ralph Wilson Askins, Sr. Graduated from Middle TN State Teachers College and University of TN, Knoxville. He taught...

Nina Sue Swinford
Funeral services for Nina Sue Swinford, age 80, of Franklin will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Keith Crowe and Bro. Perry Cothran officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery beside her husband Charles C. Swinford. ...

Jerry Wade Moorehead
Graveside services for Mr. Jerry Wade Moorehead, age 61, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday morning at 10AM at Lincoln Cemetery with Alan Moorehead officiating. Mr. Moorehead passed away Monday afternoon in Huntsville Hospital. Higgins Funeral Home is...

Muscedas Pearl Towry Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Muscedas Pearl Towry Smith, age 88, native of Lincoln County, TN will be conducted at 1 PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Schultz and Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills...

Dorothy Hobbs Mitchell
Dorothy Hobbs Mitchell passed away September 16th at Donalson Care Center. She was born October 19, 1921 in the McBurg community where she lived most of her life. She was a member of the McBurg Methodist Church and was a retired employee of Jonathan Logan....

Shirley Joe Groce
Funeral services for Mr. Shirley Joe Groce, age 65, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Cantrell and Jason Weddington officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mr. Groce passed away...

John Calvin Bowden Jr.
Funeral services for Mr. John Calvin Bowden, Jr., age 60, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 1:00PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mr. Bowden passed away Monday afternoon at...

Rodna Mae Archer Edwards
Graveside services for Rodna Mae Archer Edwards, age 66, of Shelbyville will be conducted Wednesday at 12:30PM at Talley Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Ms. Edwards passed away Sunday September 12, 2010 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. She was a native of...

Danny Pirtle
Memorial services for Mr. Danny Pirtle, age 60, of Taft will be conducted at 6:00PM Friday night at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Chester Slayton officiating. Mr. Pirtle passed away Tuesday afternoon at his residence. He was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the...

Jean Phillips Koonce
Funeral services for Mrs. Jean Phillips Koonce, age 65, of Tullahoma will be conducted at 2 PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Mary Shelton officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Robert Koonce. Mrs. Koonce passed away...

Mattie L. Sullenger
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Lou Miles Sullenger, age 92, of Lynchburg will be conducted Wednesday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Matthew Sullenger officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery beside her husband R.L. “Bull” Sullenger. Mrs....