by The Observer Staff | Dec 31, 2011 | Obituaries
Donna Lynn (Richardson) Layson, 55, of Opelika, died on Dec. 31, 2011, at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa. Visitation was on Jan. 3 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. A funeral service was held at First Baptist Church of Opelika on Jan. 4, at 1...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 31, 2011 | Obituaries
Gerald Sullivan, 63, of Opelika passed away on Dec. 28, 2011, in Montgomery. He was born on Jan. 8, 1948, in Florala, Ala., and grew up in Midland City. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Vietnam Era. Sullivan was a manufacturing supervisor for G.E....
by The Observer Staff | Dec 30, 2011 | Obituaries
A funeral service for Stanley J. Gaberlavage, 89, of Opelika, was held at 3 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2011, at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel with visitation from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Gaberlavage was born on April 7, 1922, in Inkerman, Pa. He passed away on Dec. 28, 2011, at the Bill...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2011 | Obituaries
George Margavio, of New Orleans, La., was born on Dec. 4, 1939, and died at his home in Opelika on Dec. 28, 2011. He was 72 years old. He worked with B. F. Goodrich in Birmingham. He was transferred to Uniroyal Goodrich, Michelin of Opelika. He was the shipping...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2011 | Obituaries
Dr. Douglass (Dougie) Kirk Macintire went home to be with her Lord on Dec. 27, 2011, after a Christmas where she had been surrounded by family and friends who love her. Born in Orange, N.J. in 1951, she spent her childhood in York, Pa. and Orange, N.J. She went to...