Obituaries

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Donald Ray Stubblefield, age 77, of Fayetteville, TN. Mr. Stubblefield was born October 5, 1945, in Lincoln County, TN to the late Clifton Carter and Hilda Faye Turney Stubblefield. He passed away June 28, 2023, at his...

Graveside service for Donna Jean Currin, age 73, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 10am on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Old Orchard Cemetery with Bro. Derrick Thompson officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Donna was born...

Funeral service for Peggy O’Neal Terry, age 73, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be...

Funeral service for Dr. Charles Lowry Patrick, Jr., age 71, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will...

A memorial service for [Gus] MAJ Jerry Ray Meridith, US Army, Ret., age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Visitation with the family will be held...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Norberto Rodriguez Ortiz, aka Chano, age 57, of Taft, TN. Chano was born on February 16, 1966, to Juan Rodriguez Cruz and Balvina Ortiz Rosas. He attended St. Anthony Catholic Church. Chano passed away on June 30, 2023, at...

Funeral service for Roswell William Nourse, III, aka Bill, age 62, of Flintville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Monday, July 3, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Steven Thornton and Elder Grant Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the Kelso Cemetery. Bill was born...

Funeral service for Jean Naron Steinquest, age 94, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 5:30 PM on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Mike Layne officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until the time of service on Thursday, and a...

Funeral service for George Wolfe, age 44, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Keel officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Brad Williams Buckmaster, age 54, of Fayetteville, TN. Brad was born on April 23, 1969, in Huntsville, AL. He enjoyed listening to classic rock and collecting Led Zeppelin CD’s. Mr. Buckmaster passed away on June 23, 2023....

A graveside service for Billy John Dunman, age 66, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 4pm on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Lebanon Cemetery with Rev. Todd Gaskill officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the service. Billy was born September 29, 1956, in Lincoln...

Funeral service for Steven Mark Posey, age 61, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Tommy Graham officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 5 PM until 8 PM on Tuesday at Higgins Funeral...

A graveside service for Mrs. Gail (McCown) Cornelius will be conducted at 11:00am on Friday, June 23, 2023, at Macedonia Cemetery with Bro. Ian Bloxham and Bro. Richard McWilliams officiating. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Gail passed...

Milo Fred Jubin, 76, of Flintville, TN and previously a long-time resident of Red Hook, NY, passed away on Monday June 12, 2023, at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville, TN. Milo was Born on March 5, 1947, in Utica, New York, to the late Fred T. Jubin and Helen...

Funeral service for Bessie Arvelene Nail Hammons, age 97, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Park City Baptist Church, with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11 AM until 1 PM on Saturday at the...

Willard “Ed” Edwards, born September 20, 1931, passed from this life on June 3, 2023, for his permanent heavenly home. He was the youngest of 11 children born to the late Alice Sue Hucks Edwards and William Everett Edwards. Ed was born and raised in Madison County,...

Graveside service for Raymond Junior Swinford, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Kirkland Cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the graveside service. Raymond was born on November 18, 1942, in Fayetteville, TN to...

Funeral service for Teresa Kay Groce Reese, age 64, of the Mimosa Community, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. James West officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Teresa was born on...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Pamela Jo Luna Henderson, aka Lucy, age 74, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Henderson was born on February 2, 1949, in Huntsville, AL and passed away on May 26, 2023, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Pamela...

Graveside service for Kenneth Wayne Thorpe, age 84, of Frankewing, TN will be held at 2pm on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Storey Cemetery with Rev. John Sanders officiating. There will be no visitation with the family prior to the service. Wayne was born January 18,...

Funeral service for Anthony Todd Jones, age 54, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. David England and Grady Wright officiating. Burial will be at 2pm on Saturday at Short Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Funeral service for Thomas Harold Quick, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 11am on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Barnes Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held on Wednesday,...

A celebration of life for Anthony Sullivan Goode, age 32, of Decatur, AL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rex Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the...

A memorial service for Ronald Wayne West, age 79, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 19, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 12:00 PM until the time of service on Friday at Higgins. Private interment will take...

Funeral service for Mrs. Barbara Jean Kent Gleghorn, age 86, of Petersburg, TN will be held at 2pm on Monday, May 8, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Anthony Gleghorn officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12pm...

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Joe Allen Smith Holt, age 90, of Fayetteville, TN. Mrs. Holt was born October 2, 1932, in the Taft area of Lincoln County, TN to the late Hubert Farris Smith and Tennye Hardin Smith. She was raised in the Coldwater community,...

Funeral service for Kay R. Ward-Woods, age 80, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 2pm on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Green officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5pm until...

Funeral service for Mrs. Annette Hawthorne Stevenson, age 88, of Fayetteville, TN will be held at 10am on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will...

Kaylon Jean Owens Luttrell passed away on December 1, 2022 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. She was born on August 14, 1960 in Lincoln County to Randall and Shelby Owens Brewer. As a child, Kaylon dealt with wearing braces for a condition she was born with and...

A funeral service for Mrs. Joyce Marie Spray, age 78, of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted Sunday, April 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at Higgins Funeral Home, with Bro. Don Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery, beside her husband, William Wilson...

Funeral service for Mr. James L. “Jimmy” Daniel, age 86, of Taft, TN, will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Bates and Bro. Roger Berry officiating. Burial will follow in the Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Mr. Francis Earl Henderson, Jr., age 82, of Fayetteville, TN, formerly of Maryland. Francis was born December 30, 1940, in Potomac, MD to the late Francis Earl, Sr. and Ella Mae Linthicum Henderson. He owned and operated a...

Funeral service for Mrs. Lillie Sue Daniel, age 82, of Taft, TN will be held at 2pm on Friday, April 21, 2023, at Mable Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Mike Clark and Bro. Roger Bates officiating. Burial will follow in Blanche Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be...

It is with regret we announce the passing of Sara Andrea Long, age 77, of Sun City, FL, formerly of Fayetteville, TN. A memorial visitation will be held from 1 PM until 3 PM on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home, in Fayetteville, TN. Andrea was born on...

Sara Deane Mills Cook, age 83 of Fayetteville, TN entered eternal life in Heaven on April 11, 2023. Sara was born on April 29, 1939, and was the daughter of the late Shielly Joe and Ruth Virginia Winford Mills. She was a member of the Harmony Hill Church of God and...

A funeral service for Birdie Lee Johnson, age 79, of the Molino Community, will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann and Rev. Ann Hatcher officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 11am to 1pm on Tuesday at...

Sadie Jean Gann Lyle was born December 30, 1934, in Winchester, TN to the late Oscar and Annie Campbell Gann. She was a member of Franklin County First Baptist Church. Sadie worked as a secretary and at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Public Library for many years,...

Jane Parker Brown was born February 22, 1937, to Farnelle McGee Lane and Lewis Lane.  Before her second birthday she won her first of many beauty awards.  She spent her childhood attending schools in Fayetteville, TN. She was in the graduating class of...

Doris Bridges Newman Harris was born February 27, 1933, to Russell and Myrtle Bridges in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband and father of her children, Robert (Daddy Bob) Newman, daughter Pat Newman Daniel, and...