Obituaries

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...

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 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...

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, 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....

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....

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....

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...

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 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...

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...

Funeral services for Mr. Jr. Jeans, age 60 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Jeans passed away Tuesday morning January 20th at Lincoln...

Funeral services for Mr. Ronald Alan Dunivan, age 60, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Sonny Moore officiating.  Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Ronald Alan Dunivan departed this life on Sunday...

Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Mills Stevenson, age 83, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery beside her husband Alvie Lee Stevenson who died in...

Graveside services for Mrs. Golda Roper Harris, age 80 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Malone Cemetery with Rev. Van Johnson officiating and Higgins Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Harris passed away Wednesday January 14 in Donalson Care Center....

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Worley Lester McCoy, age 84, of Fayetteville. Mr. McCoy passed away Saturday morning, January 10, 2009, at Lincoln Medical Center. A son of the late Forrest Dean and Golda Bowshier McCoy, he was a native of Mt....

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Helon Thorpe, age 94, of Union City, TN, will be conducted at 1 PM Saturday at Cobbs Chapel Cemetery in Hornbeak, TN. Mrs. Thorpe passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2009, at Donalson Care Center in Fayetteville. A daughter of...

Mr. Robert N. Edwards, Sr., age 87, of Fayetteville passed away Thursday January 1, 2009 at Donalson Care Center. He was the son of the late James A and Ida Warden Edwards. He was a WW II veteran, proudly serving his country in the Army in France and...

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy S. Hoots, age 81, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 Am Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Mike George officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Frank Hoots. Mrs. Hoots...

Funeral services for Mrs. Shelby Jean Amason McKee, age 72, of Elora will be conducted at 11 AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Amason and Rev. Kenneth Basham officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mrs. McKee passed away...

Funeral services for Ms. Kimberly Moore Leasure, age 44, of Soddy Daisy will be conducted at 2 pm Friday at Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Todd Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Kim passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30,...

Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Koonce Pearson, age 92, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mrs. Pearson passed away Monday evening, December 29, 2008, at Lincoln Skill...

Funeral services for Mrs. Carolyn June Carter Stringfield, age 49, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rice Cemetery. Mrs. Stringfield passed away Sunday, December 29, 2008, at Lincoln Medical...

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca A. Strope, age 66, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Strope passed away Friday afternoon, December...

Funeral services for Mr. Raymond Preston Wallace, age 83, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bert Watkins and Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery. Mr. Wallace passed away...

Funeral services for Mr. Robert Clay Daly, age 75, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11am Wednesday at Maranatha Baptist Church with Pastor Randy Nichols and Pastor Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Daly passed...

Funeral services for Mr. Richard D. (Dickie) Askins, age 62 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Askins passed away Wednesday November 19 at...

Funeral services for Mr. James Robin Echols, age 77, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10AM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson and Rev. Abe Silliman officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery. Mr. Echols passed away...

Funeral services for Mrs. Mardell Hopkins Steelman of Nashville, formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1:00pm Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Steelman...

Funeral services for Mrs. Lila Shelton Collins, age 92, of Centerville, will be conducted at 3:30 PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her first husband Robert W. Shelton. Mrs....

Funeral services for Mr. Vance Harton, age 82, of Hazel Green, AL will be conducted at 2:30PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Stateline Cemetery. Mr. Harton passed away Friday December 19th at Huntsville Hospital. He was a native of...

Funeral services for Mr. Jerry L. Chapman, age 61, of the Bellville Community will be conducted Saturday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery. Mr. Chapman passed away Wednesday December 17th in Lincoln Medical Center. He...

Funeral services for Mr. Derek Douglas Gatlin, age 27, of Delrose will be conducted at 11 AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. Gatlin passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at Lincoln...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Janice Faye Burrum Neal, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Thursday at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Mrs. Neal passed away Tuesday evening, December 16, 2008, at...

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Johnson Honea, age 79, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2 PM Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband William Fountain Honea who passed away in 2002. Dr. Ronnie Gay will officiate. Mrs. Honea passed away...

Funeral services for Mr. Gordon Leon Shelton, age 89, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Kirk Smith and Rev. Ronnie Gay officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside his wife of 69 years Ora Ruth...

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Rose Pickett, age 77, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Pickett passed away Tuesday December 9th in...

Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Jack Bolling, age 71, of Elora will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Mayo officiating. Burial will follow in Mulberry Cemetery. Mr. Bolling passed away Thursday morning December 11 in...

Funeral services for Mr. John Allen Tackett, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11am Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Hudgins, Bro. John Miller, Bro. Dalton Hall  and Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh...

Funeral services for Mrs. Faye Lynn Jones Bostick, age 69, of Elora will be conducted at 1PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Henry Earl McPeters officiating. Burial will follow in Bostick Cemetery. Mrs. Bostick passed away Tuesday morning...