by The Observer Staff | Jan 31, 2017 | Column
By Ann Cipperly When it comes to cooking, Patsy Bond prefers quick and easy recipes. She uses convenient products and often creates her own recipes. Her family assembled a cookbook with favorite recipes and photos from special occasions. Patsy and her husband Bobby...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 31, 2017 | Column, Steve Flowers
During the past couple of months everywhere I go people continually ask me why in the world the legislature could not simply put the issue of whether they could vote for or against a lottery on the November ballot. The fact that this inquiry has lingered for this long...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 31, 2017 | Column
By Jody Fuller I reckon I’m a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll, but since I don’t really listen to rock and roll, I’d have to say I’m more country than anything else. I’m not saying I’m country as a turnip green, but I did eat a plate full of them on...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 31, 2017 | Column
When I cleaned out my parents’ home a couple of years ago, I discovered some neat stuff. I found my grandmother’s and mother’s diaries dating back to the 1920s, in which they daily recorded the weather, who visited, and what they ate. Along with scores of letters...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 31, 2017 | Legals
Notice to Creditors The State of Alabama, Lee County Probate Court. In the matter of the Estate of Vivian. L Stephens, deceased. Letters Testamentary upon the last will and testament of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of January,...