by The Observer Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Raymond Albert Miller, formerly of Smyrna, Georgia, passed away after a short battle with lung cancer on Dec. 21, 2022, in Alexander City, Alabama. He was born to John W. Miller and Jessie Browning Miller on Oct. 21, 1931. He was 91 years old. He was preceded in death...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Evelyn “Brownie” Bond, 97, of Auburn, Alabama, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Mrs. Bond was born May 12, 1925, in Lawrence County, Georgia, to parents James and Aline Branch. She attended Berry College at the young age of 16, where she met her husband Merrill...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Obituaries
The Rev. Roy Sherman Isbell Sr. fell asleep in Jesus on Dec. 23, 2022, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 103. He was the son of William Jesse Isbell (a 1917 graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute) and his wife...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Shirley Long Pope, 87, of Opelika, was born on Feb. 2, 1935, and passed away on Jan. 1, 2023. She was a member of the Opelika First Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Ora Lea Garrett Long and William Press Long Sr. She was preceded in death by her...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 4, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell, Sports
OPELIKA — Opelika’s varsity boys basketball team (6-6) split games in the “LaGrange Holiday Tournament” last week at LaGrange High School gymnasium. OHS beat Harris County 64-33 in game one, and lost to McIntosh 77-65 in the second game. The Opelika...
