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A child’s wonderful life

by | Mar 30, 2016 | Column

I was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee in 1931, and my mother died when I was four. For the next two years I was cared for when my father was out of town by my great aunt Flora, who, along with her husband while he was living, cared for my father during his youth. Daddy...

This ole barn

by | Mar 30, 2016 | Column

A couple of Saturdays ago, I drove up to the Ridge Grove Volunteer Fire Department in Chambers County for their annual barbeque. It’s something that’s been on my local bucket list for as long as I can remember but for some reason or another, I never was able to make...

2-23 Obituaries

by | Mar 23, 2016 | Obituaries

James Camp Mayfield 1914-2016 James Camp Mayfield, formerly of Opelika, Alabama was born September 14, 1914 in Concord, Georgia and left this earthly life for his heavenly crown on March 17, 2016 at 101 years of age. Mr. Mayfield served in the United States Army for...

Old Opelika: rough on editors

by | Mar 23, 2016 | Community

By Fred Woods Editor Several months ago we did a piece on “Old Opelika,” the Opelika of the last half of the 1800s. Many of you told us you enjoyed that. Recently  we uncovered some more old newspaper articles and decided to share them with you. They paint the Opelika...