Obituaries

A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Louise Cummings, age 88, of the Petersburg Community will be conducted at 10:30 AM Tuesday at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg with Rev. Troy Green officiating. Mrs. Cummings passed away Sunday evening at her residence. A...

Funeral services for Mr. Henry “Heck” West, age 81, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home by members of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 1792 and Bro. Chris Jones. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mr. West...

Graveside services for Mr. Eugene Childress Patton, age 77, of the Boonshill Community will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3PM on the family farm at 2616 Pulaski Highway. Mr. Patton passed away Thursday July 22nd at his residence. He was a native of Memphis, TN, son...

Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Price Land Bliss, age 86, of Hammond, IN will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Bates officiating.  Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens.  Mrs. Bliss passed away Tuesday...

Funeral services for Mr. Henry Harwell Clark, age 85, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday morning at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black  officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Clark passed away Tuesday morning...

Jeffie Harrison Welch, age 91, of Fayetteville, TN. born October 3, 1918 passed away July 21, 2010 after a brief illness.  A lifelong resident of Lincoln County, she was preceded in death by parents, Thomas Garland and Ola Mai West Harrison, four brothers,...

Rebecca Ann Locker Carter, age 81, of the Coldwater community, died Wednesday (July 21, 2010) at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville.  A devoted mother to her seven children, Mrs. Carter was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Ernest C. and...

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethyleen Gibson, age 93, of Petersburg will be conducted at 1PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home  with Pastor Frank Edwards officiating.  Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery beside her husband Harmon Gleaves Gibson who passed...

Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred F. Blaylock, age 87, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. James Arrington and Pastor Jeff Young officiating.  Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery beside her husband Ollie...

Graveside service for Mrs. Willie B. Smith age 93, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM at Kelso Cemetery with Rev. Tim Smith officiating Mrs. Smith passed away Friday evening at Fayetteville Care and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Lincoln County, she...

Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Bailey Hindman Tipps, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Tipps passed away Tuesday evening at...

Funeral services for Mrs. Alese Askins Motlow, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 1 PM  at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery beside her late husband William E. (Bill) Motlow Sr....

Graveside funeral service for Mr. Willie C. Wiseman, age 73, of Mimosa will be conducted at 1 PM Wednesday at Booneville Cemetery with Bro. Joe Parks officiating.  Mr. Wiseman passed away Sunday July 4th at his residence. A native of Moore County, Mr. Wiseman was...

Funeral services for Miss Abigail Marie Grimes, age 16, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 10 AM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Benny Hipps and Rev. Lon Ostrzycki officiating.  Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery.  Miss Grimes passed away...

Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Lee McPherson Smith, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Davis and Rev. Mike Johnson officiating.  Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.  Mrs. Smith...

Funeral services for Mr. Otis E. A. Tucker, age 90, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Bob  Corley and Bro. Joe Brown officiating.  Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery beside his wife Wanda Tucker....

Funeral services for Michael Hugh Claiborne II, age 25, of Winchester will be conducted Wednesday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating.  Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery.  Mr. Claiborne passed away Sunday at...

Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Douglas Moore, age 82, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 3 PM Monday at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating.  Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery.  Mrs. Moore passed away Saturday...

Funeral services for Mr. Justin Tyler Stewart, age 18, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Janell Tucker officiating.  Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery.  Mr. Stewart passed away Friday evening. A...

Jack Guyton Jackson passed away peacefully on June 24, 2010, at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.  He was born on February 26, 1924 in Bessemer, AL.  He was preceded in death by parents Mabel Massey and Carl Joseph Jackson and wives...

Funeral services for Mr. Cecil Allen (Al) Watson, age 73 of Steger, IL, will be conducted at 1 PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating.  Burial will follow in Boonshill Cemetery.  Mr. Watson passed away Friday in IL. A son of...

Winston Phillips Brooks 67, died Wednesday, June 16 at the Huntsville Hospital following a brief illness.  Born in Frankfort, Kentucky he was the son of the late Elgan Howard and Jennie Ellison Brooks. As a child attending Robert E. Lee School, he was one of the...

Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Wilson, age 86 of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday morning at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with  Bro. Daniel Hyde  officiating.  Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Robert “Bobby”...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Sharon (Oliver) Harbin, age 64 of Flintville, will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10 AM at Flintville Cemetery with Rev. Cleo Moon officiating.  Mrs. Harbin passed away Saturday evening at Baptist Hospital. Higgins Funeral...

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Louise Ramsey, age 98, of Petersburg will be conducted Friday at 1:00PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in Boonshill Cemetery beside her husband Leonard Ramsey.  Mrs. Ramsey...

Graveside services for Mr. Michael Engle, age 56, of New Market, AL, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jim Black officiating.  Mr. Engle passed away Tuesday June 8th in Huntsville...

Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Lynn Braden, age 57 of Nashville, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 1 PM in the chapel of Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Russell officiating. Mr. Braden passed away Saturday morning at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. A...

Funeral services for Mr. Billy G Parker, age 82, of Frankewing will be conducted Saturday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Marty Franklin officiating.  Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery.  Mr. Parker passed away Thursday afternoon June 3rd...

It is with regret we announce the death of Mr. Jeffrey Wade Lemons, age 39, of Fayetteville who passed away Thursday at his residence.  He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late James Thomas Lemons and Flora Lemons Powell who survives.  Mr....

Graveside services for Mr. Elmo Buttrey “Tuffy” Walp, age 89, of Elora will be conducted Wednesday at 11AM at the Elora Cemetery with Rev. Milton Martin and Rev. Malcolm Gardner  officiating.  Mr. Walp passed away Monday May 31st at his residence. Higgins...

Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Locker, age 87, of Flintville, will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Lauria and Rev. Tim Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in Stewart’s Cemetery beside her husband Leon Locker who passed...

Funeral services for Mr. James G. (Azo) Brown, age 85, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Jones and Rev. Kirk Smith officiating.  Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery Mr. Brown passed away Saturday evening...

Funeral services for Mr. Daniel Buford Reeves, Jr. (Shotgun), age 70, of Hodge Drive Fayetteville will be conducted at 3 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating.  Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. A son on the late Daniel...

Funeral service for Infant Paul Vitchel Bevels age, one week, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10 AM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Green officiating.  Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery with Bro. Winfred Stayton officiating. A native of...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ann Sturkie Jones, age 58, of Leesville, SC will be conducted at 1 PM Saturday at Gum Springs Cemetery.  Mrs. Jones passed away Tuesday. A daughter of the late Harold and Clara Belle Sharp Sturkie, she was a native of...

Funeral services for Mary Louise Marlow, age 84, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford and Rev. Milton Martin officiating.  Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery beside her husband Grady Marlow who...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Bain King, age 76, of Mobile, AL, will be conducted at 4:30 PM Saturday at Lincoln Cemetery with Rev. Terrell Bain officiating.  Mrs. King passed away Wednesday in Mobile. A daughter of the late Clessie H. and Frances...

Graveside services for Mr. Thomas L. Christmas, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 2PM at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Arthur Payne officiating.  Burial will be beside his wife Roberta Christmas who died in 2004. Mr. Christmas passed...

Bobbie Bevill, 68, died Tuesday, May 25, at her home in Fayetteville, where she spent the last weeks of her life battling cancer under the loving care of her daughters, Amanda and Jenny Bevill, as well as a community of friends and loved ones who had known her since...

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Caldwell Ivey, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 11AM  at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Meeks officiating.  Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband William Thurston Ivey who died...