by The Observer Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Sports
BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The University of Alabama Afro American Gospel Choir will be visiting St. Luke AME Church on Auburn Street in Opelika for the congregation’s special service this Sunday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. According to its website, “the choir...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON Although a brilliant man, E. Stanley Jones used simple word pictures to explain the Christian life. In his popular devotional book, Victorious Living, he described three kinds of Christians: the rowboat type, the sailboat type and the steamboat...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Obituaries
Joe Frank Hughes of Opelika, Alabama, was born to the late Colvin and Jettie Hughes in Elmore County, Alabama, March 16, 1939, and passed away Oct. 27, 2021 with his wife and son by his side. He was 82 years old. He was a caring and loving husband, father, grandfather...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Obituaries
C. Kirk Kaye of Lilburn, Georgia, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sept. 12, 1960 and passed away at Piedmont East in Snellville, Georgia, on Oct. 25, 2021. He was 61 years old. He was of the Baptist Faith. He graduated from Tyner High School in Chattanooga,...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Obituaries
“Bob” Johnson, 66, of Opelika died on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at East Alabama Medical Center, two weeks after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. He was surrounded by family and friends as he went to meet his Lord and Savior face-to-face. Born in Opelika on March 30,...