by The Observer Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Community
By Rebekah Martin Assistant Editor Opelika artist Tom Woodward was born in 1949. Woodward’s sister, Kathy Gilmore, said he was often reprimanded as a child by his teachers for wasting too much paper with his drawings. When Woodward passed away in 2014, family members...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Obituaries
Walter James Boucher Walter James Boucher, 83, passed away Jan. 7, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center. Visitation was held Jan. 8 from 5-7 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Funeral services were Friday, Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. The Rev. Randal...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Suzanne Montgomery Opelika Observer I guess it must have happened when I wasn’t looking. But it came to my attention just the other night when friends and I went out to eat at one of Auburn/Opelika’s finer eating establishments. I had to read the menu twice to make...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Slider
Mu Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates Founder’s Day By Alison James Associate Editor Years of service and achievement were celebrated Saturday by the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., at the Mu Sigma Omega Chapter’s Founder’s Day...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Column
Some years ago Roy Blount Jr., clearly the funniest Southern writing today – except maybe for Jim Cobb and John Shelton Reed and Rick Perry (you gotta admit, that guy is a hoot) – wrote about being at a fancy New York literary soiree shortly after “The New York Times”...