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Billy M. Stevenson
Billy M. Stevenson, 75, of Fayetteville, TN died on November 7, 2008 in his home of Alzheimer’s Disease. He was a native of Lincoln County, TN. He resided in Huntsville for 35 years. Mr. Stevenson was retired from NASA where he was awarded the Silver Snoopy...

Derek William Anderson
Funeral services for Mr. Derek William Anderson, age 23, of Flintville will be conducted Thursday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Green officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Cemetery. Mr. Anderson passed away Saturday November 1, 2008 at Lincoln...

Ruth Holland Mullins
Graveside services for Mrs. Ruth Holland Mullins, age 92, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1:00pm Friday at New Grove Cemetery with Bro. Bobby Bates officiating. Burial is beside her husband Leonard Mullins who died in 1985. Mrs. Mullins passed away on...

Louise Ashby Brooks
Louise Ashby Brooks, age 86, of Petersburg, a retired seamstress from Fly’s Manufacturing and Jonathon Logan, died Saturday November 1, 2008 in Lincoln Skill Care Center after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by husbands W.C. Brooks, Bud Bowers, and...

Betty Ann Arnold
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Ann Arnold, age 35, of Elora will be conducted at 1 PM Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Eddie Lones officiating. Burial will follow in Elora Cemetery. Mrs. Arnold passed away Friday afternoon at Lincoln Medical...

Annie Lois Johnson Archer
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lois Johnson Archer, age 96, of Fayetteville will be conducted 11 AM Tuesday at Talley Cemetery. She will be buried beside her husband Fred Holt Archer. Mrs. Archer passed away Saturday evening November 1, 2008. A daughter of...

Opal Lee Polly Parks
Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Lee Polly Parks, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ricky Hamilton and Bro. Don Stevens. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband J.W....

Willie Ray Mitchell
Funeral services for Mr. Willie Ray Mitchell, age 63, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Durham officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell passed away Thursday morning October 30...

Clyde Higgins Simmons
Funeral services for Mr. Clyde Higgins Simmons, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Dean Pardon and Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Ruby...

Jane Medearis Holland
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Medearis Holland, age 85 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10:30AM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Jack Raby, Jr., Tom Carr and Robert Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her...

Viola Pitts
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola “Tot” Pitts, age 85, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday afternoon at the Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Howell officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her late husband James Floyd...

William Allen Sisk
Funeral services for Mr. William Allen Sisk, age 73, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Brian Stone officiating. Burial will follow in Center Point Cemetery beside his wife Hassel June Sisk who died in...

Pauline Towry Swindell
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Towry Swindell, age 88, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David Sain officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Swindell passed away Monday...

Floyd Adrian Frederick
Mr. Floyd Adrian Frederick age 74 of Mulberry passed away at his home on October 20th, 2008. He was born and raised in Sugarloaf, PA. He was the son of the late Harold and Lera Knorr Frederick. He retired from the U. S. Air Force in 1973 and moved from...

Bettye Sue Ramagasse
Funeral services for Mrs. Bettye Sue Ramagasse, age 78, of Columbus, Ohio, will be conducted Saturday October 25 at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery. Mrs. Ramagasse passed away Sunday...

Martha Daniel Crowell
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Daniel Crowell, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery beside her husband Buford Loyd Crowell. Mrs....

Melvin D. Goode, Sr.
Funeral services for Mr. Melvin D. Goode, Sr., age 69, of Fayetteville, will be conducted at 1 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Malcolm Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery beside his wife Janice Goode who died in 1993. Mr....

Jerry “Slouch” Bolin
Funeral services for Mr. Jerry “Slouch” Bolin, age 54, of Taft will be conducted Thursday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dan Bolin officiating. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery. Mr. Bolin passed away Tuesday October 14 in Huntsville Hospital....

Robert John Chobert
Memorial services for Mr. Robert John Chobert, age 60, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 6 PM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home. Mr. Chobert passed away Tuesday morning, October 14, at Donalson Care Center. A son of the late Charles and Alma Zuck Chobert, he was...

Robert Austin Beck
Funeral services for Mr. Robert Austin Beck, age 72, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11 AM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with Brother Tommy Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Beck passed away Saturday afternoon at...

Elsie B. Bush
Elsie B. Bush, age 79, of Fayetteville, Tenn., passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2008. She is survived by her daughter, Lorena C. George of Fayetteville. There are no services planned at this time.

Joe M. Smith
Memorial services for Mr. Joe M. Smith, age 69, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 6PM Friday evening at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 4-6PM at Higgins Funeral Home. Mr. Smith died Wednesday evening in Harton Regional Hospital....

Kate Corbin Wiseman
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Corbin Wiseman, age 95, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Winfred Stayton officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery beside her husband Perry Woodrow Wiseman. Mrs....

Katie Lou Groce
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Lou Groce, age 90 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Ricky Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Booneville Cemetery beside her husband W.E. Groce who died in 1998. Mrs....

Samuel Earl Muse
Samuel Earl Muse, 66, of Fayetteville, found eternal peace on Monday, October 6, 2008. Son of the late Samuel Horace and Ophelia Katherine Koonce Muse, he was born in Milan, TN on November 6, 1941. He was preceded in death by his brother, David Eugene Muse. Sammy is...

Wayne Freeman Patrick
Funeral services for Mr. Wayne Freeman Patrick, age 91, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Cemetery beside his wife Nellie O. Patrick who passed away in June...

Eileen K. Schumacher
It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. Eileen Kean Schumacher of 208 Jeffery Drive Fayetteville who passed away Thursday, October 2, 2008 in Donalson Care Center following a long illness. A native of Bridgeport, CT, she was the daughter of the late John Lyon...

Stacy Clark
Funeral services for Mrs. Stacy Clark, age 75, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 2PM Sunday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Fowler and Bro. Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery beside her husband Wilton...

Alta Dean Rudolph
Funeral services for Mrs. Alta Dean Crute Rudolph, age 86 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 10AM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her husband Talmadge Rudolph who died in...

Shirley Martinez
It is with regret we announce the death of Mrs. Shirley Layman Martinez, age 74, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Martinez passed away Saturday morning at her residence. A daughter of the late Albert Buel and Marjorie Bethel Layman, she was a native of Key West, FL,...

Dwaine Stubblefield, Jr.
Funeral services for Mr. Dwaine Stubblefield, Jr., age 55, of Frankewing will be conducted at 2 PM Monday at Higgins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery beside his wife Phyllis who passed away in 2000. Mr. Stubblefield passed away Friday morning at...

Erlene Drennon
Graveside services for Miss Erlene Drennon, age 80, of Fayetteville will be conducted Sunday at 2PM in Kirkland Cemetery with Jack Minor officiating. Miss Drennon passed away Thursday in Ardmore Nursing Home. She was a native of Taft, TN and the daughter of the...

Susie Naomi Monks Hopkins
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Naomi Monks Hopkins, age 96, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 3PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford and Rev. Charles George officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband...

Gerald Monks
Funeral services for Mr. Gerald Monks, age 67, of Cookeville, formerly of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with Charles Williamson and Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Medium Cemetery. Mr. Monks...

Lorene Owens Elliff
Funeral services for Mrs. Lorene Owens Elliff, age 86, of Fayetteville will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Hovis officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery beside her first husband Clarence Owens. Mrs. Elliff...

Roy Dale Fenner
Funeral services for Mr. Roy Dale Fenner, age 38, of Tullahoma will be conducted at 2PM Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home with burial to follow in Melson Cemetery. Mr. Fenner died Thursday morning at Harton Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of...

Fayola Simmons Nelson
Funeral services for Mrs. Fayola Simmons Nelson, age 70, of Elora will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro Winifred Stayton officiating. Burial will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Nelson passed away Wednesday at...

Maurice Ray Caldwell
Funeral services for Mr. Maurice Ray Caldwell, age 70, of Flintville will be conducted at 11AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Kenneth Basham and Bro. Brian Nave officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Mr. Caldwell passed away...

Eleanor Storey Coggin
Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Storey Coggin, age 94, of McBurg will be conducted Friday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with burial to follow in Wright’s Cemetery beside her husband George Coggin who died in 1989. Mrs. Coggin passed away Wednesday morning at...

Mabron Holland Smith
Funeral services for Mr. Mabron Holland Smith, age 78, of Ardmore, Tn will be conducted at 2PM Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home with burial to follow in the New Grove Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Tuesday at his residence. He was a native of Lincoln County, TN...