by The Observer Staff | Dec 19, 2017 | Obituaries
Carly Marie Parker Exhausted by her 10-year battle with a rare, unpredictable cancer, Carly Marie Parker, born May 15, 2000, passed away peacefully and without pain and suffering at the age of 17 on December 14, 2017, at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 19, 2017 | Obituaries
John T. McGuire 1950-2017 John T. McGuire of Opelika, Alabama was born in Macon County on February 13, 1950 and passed away at Bethany House on December 9, 2017. He was 67 years old. He was of the Baptist faith. He was in the United States Army having served in combat...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 19, 2017 | Community
By Fred Woods Opelika Observer Smiths Station, incorporated in 2001 and currently boasting a population of about 5,300, is Lee County’s newest municipality. Since the new city did not, and still doesn’t, have sufficient tax base to provide the usual public services to...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 19, 2017 | Obituaries
Daylynne “Dale” Virginia Rogers Daylynne “Dale” Virginia Rogers passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at her home in Opelika, AL. Ms. Dale was born in Seattle, Washington on January 31, 1927 to the late Olda and Alma Cox. Ms. Dale was the youngest of six brothers...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 19, 2017 | Column
By Robert Owsley The number one item on the Christmas list of every red-blooded American boyin 1940 and many years thereafter, was the Daisy Red Ryder carbine, the most cherished carbine of all. Kids who were lucky enough to find one of those most sought after ...
