by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Good fortune was mine last Sunday at Saint James Church on Vaughn Road. A young man by the name of Wyatt Manuel was my teammate in an assignment given to us in the Palm Sunday Cantata. Wyatt stepped up to the pulpit and read several...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Camilla L. Rice made her final journey home on April 9, 2023. “Miz Camilla,” as she had come to be known by many, was born in Opelika to Brady and Lucille Long on Feb. 20, 1929. She attended Auburn High School, ultimately graduating from Massey-Draughon Business...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Jim Hooker passed away on April 6, 2023, in his home in Opelika. He was born on Dec. 27, 1936 in Tallassee, Alabama. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1982 and retired as a master sergeant. He loved playing golf. He had five hole-in-ones during his...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Bennie Gooch passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on April 7, 2023. He was born in Selmer, Tennessee, on Nov. 28, 1937, and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration on June 3, 1961, from Memphis State University. During his service to our...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Earlene Hunter Dent, 97, passed away quietly on Friday, April 7, 2023, at East Alabama Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents Leonidas and Mary Lou Hunter of Greenwood, Mississippi; husband Joseph H. Dent Jr. of Auburn; and brother Billy Leon Hunter...
