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Pauline Williams Harris
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Williams Harris, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1:00PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Ramey officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband Richard “Jay”...

Chris Coble
Funeral services for Chris Coble, age 39, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10AM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Coble passed away Sunday April 12th at Lincoln Medical...

James Carden
Funeral services for Mr. James Render (Jim) Carden age 77 of Mulberry will be conducted Thursday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM in Farrar Hill Cemetery in Noah TN. Mr. Carden passed away...

Gene Finney
Funeral services for Mrs. Gene Finney, age 87, of Mt. Juliet will be conducted at 1 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband John Madison Finney. Mrs. Finney...

Pat Hawkins
Memorial services for Mrs. Pat Hawkins, age 82, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1:00pm Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Calvin Todd officiating. Mrs. Hawkins passed away Wednesday April 1st at her daughter’s residence. She was a native of Memphis...

Maj. Larry Steven Taylor
Funeral services for Maj. Larry Steven Taylor, retired army, age 59, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith and Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Mr. Taylor passed...

Marie Askins Cummins
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Askins Cummins, age 73, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Black officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband William Joseph Cummins, Jr. Mrs....

Becky Diane Bankston
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Becky Diane Bankston, age 52, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Bankston passed away Thursday afternoon at Donalson Care Center. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Carl May and Doris Howell May...

Helen Lanier Fetters
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Lanier Fetters, age 67, of Fayetteville will be conducted Saturday at 11AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Hooper and Rev. Tim Shields officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband Donald...

George F. Reeves
Graveside services for Mr. George F. Reeves, age 51, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Thursday at Macedonia Cemetery with Bro. Billy Fowler officiating. Higgins Funeral Home is in charge of services. Mr. Reeves passed away Tuesday March 24 at Lincoln...

Mariana Tate Moyers
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mariana Tate Moyers, age 86, of Florida will be conducted at 3 PM Sunday at Rose Hill Cemetery with Bro. Mike Johnson officiating. She will be buried beside her husband James Moyers who passed away in 2000. Mrs....

Birdie Mae Tucker Moore
Funeral services for Mrs. Birdie Mae Tucker Moore, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow at Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband James Elbert Moore. Mrs....

Albert West
Funeral services for Mr. Albert West, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirkland Cemetery. Mr. West passed away Monday March 16th in Lincoln Medical...

Macie Womack
Funeral services for Mrs. Macie Beatrice Womack , age 90 of Elora, will be conducted at 1 PM Tuesday at Gum Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Winfred Stayton officiating. Burial will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Womack passed away at her home in Elora...

Fred Wilson Grammer
Funeral services for Mr. Fred Wilson Grammer, age 89 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery. Mr. Grammer passed away at his home at 200 Wellsbrook...

Daniel Bates
Funeral services for Mr. Daniel Bates, age 32, of Shelbyville will be conducted at 10 AM Saturday at Heritage Baptist Church in Fayetteville with Bro. Joe Vinson and Bro. John Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Melson Cemetery. Mr. Bates passed...

Albert Milton Painter
Funeral services for Mr. Albert Milton Painter, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted Wednesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Cothron officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside his wife Lona M Painter who died...

Nannie Marie Robinson Wilbanks
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Marie Robinson Wilbanks, age 76, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Sonny Moore officiating. Mrs. Wilbanks passed away Saturday morning at Lincoln Medical Center. A daughter of the...

Charles Wilson Campbell
Graveside services for Mr. Charles Wilson Campbell, age 77 of Franklin formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Saturday at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Campbell passed away Thursday March 4th in Claiborne Hughes...

George McBay
Graveside funeral services for Mr. George McBay, age 81, of Huntland will be conducted at 2:30 PM Monday at Campbell Cemetery. Mr. McBay died Friday evening at Southern Medical Center in Winchester. A native of Lincoln County, he was a son of the late John and...

Matthew Ryan Malone
Funeral services for Mr. Matthew Ryan Malone, age 33, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11am Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain and Bro. Mike George officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Malone passed away Thursday night...

Homer H Sims
Graveside funeral services for Mr. Homer H. Sims, age 93, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Friday at Kirkland Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Sims passed away Wednesday evening February 25th at Lincoln Skill Care. A son of...

Joe Mack Pigg
Funeral services for Mr. Joe Mack Pigg, age 70, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Jason Powell officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Ann Elizabeth Wilson Pigg. Mr....

Ralph Norman Jones
Funeral services for Mr. Ralph Norman Jones, age 76, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 3PM Sunday at the Prosperity ARP Church with Rev. Dana Crowell and Rev. Charles Edgar officiating. Burial will follow in Prosperity Cemetery with Higgins Funeral Home in...

Gracie Lee Poe Hamner
Gracie Lee Poe Hamner departed this life on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on November 19, 1916 in Oakman, Alabama to John Thomas Poe and Alice Carrington Poe. She is survived by her children Larry D. Hamner...

Margaret Catherine Jennings
Funeral services for Miss Margaret Catherine Jennings, age 100, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Miss Jennings passed away Sunday February 15th at Lincoln Medical Center....

Priscilla Christine Deal Ashby
Funeral services for Mrs. Priscilla Christine Deal Ashby, age 81, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Ramey officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mrs. Ashby passed away Sunday February 15th at...

Charlie Hoyt Bell
It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Charlie Hoyt Bell, age 81, of Fayetteville. Mr. Bell passed away Sunday morning at Lincoln Medical Center. A son of the late Tommy Washington and Martha Grizzle Bell, he was a native of Hill County, TX, owned...

Dane Wiser
Funeral services for Mr. Dane Wiser, age 47, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Martin and Bobby Bankston officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery. Mr. Wiser passed away Friday morning in...

Nira June Hall Moorehead
Funeral services for Mrs. Nira June Hall Moorehead, age 75, of Elora will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ray West officiating. Burial will follow in Elora cemetery beside her husband James Elbert Moorehead. Mrs. Moorehead passed...

Vivian Hodge
Funeral services for Mrs. Vivian Henderson Hodge, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Turner officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery beside her husband Howard Hodge. Mrs. Hodge...

C. Doyne Toone, M.D.
C. Doyne Toone passed away on February 4, 2009, at age 82, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Doyne Toone was born on March 12, 1926 in Rector, Arkansas to Clarence and Vera Toone. After graduating high school at only 16, he entered the U.S. Navy in...

Lonnie Ables
Funeral services for Mr. Lonnie Ables, age 60, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Johnson and Col. David Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Ables passed away Friday afternoon,...

Harold Moore
Harold Moore, age 78, died Thursday (Feb 5, 2009) at his home in Fayetteville after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinsons Disease. A son of the late Ozro and Lillie Mae McAnally Moore, he is survived by his devoted wife of 56 years, Betsy Peele Moore....

Jacky Trentham
Funeral services for Mr. Jacky Trentham, age 67, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Trentham passed away Tuesday February 3 at Huntsville Hospital....

Charles E. Whitfield
Funeral services for Mr. Charles E. (Big Papa) Whitfield, age 64, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Carlos Beddingfield and Bro. Ricky Crabtree officiating. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery. Mr....

Johnny Stewart
Funeral services for Mr. Johnny Stewart, age 47, of Flintville will be conducted at 1 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Mayo and Bro. Henry McPeters officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Stewart passed away Friday...

Mildred Evins Russell
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Evins Russell, age 99, of Fayetteville formerly of Petersburg will be conducted at 1:00PM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Don Hudson and Bro. Richard Waggoner officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Cemetery...

Frances S. Smith
Frances Julia Stephens Smith, 85 died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Windermere Nursing Center in Virginia Beach Virginia. She was a native of Lincoln County and was the daughter of Lena Towry Stephens and Kelvie Clark Stephens. She was a retired civil service...

Louise Marshall Patterson
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Marshall Patterson, age 78, of Taft will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Bennett and Rev. Micky Buford officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery beside her husband Buster...