by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2021 | Featured
By Wil Crewssportscrews@opelikaobserver.com The Opelika Police Department held a press conference Monday morning and a number of community leaders spoke about the progress of the “Together, Opelika” campaign that was launched last October. “Our hope is to have...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
Joins group of the most innovative Democratic state and local officials working to solve American’s largest challenges Contributed to the Opelika Observer Today, State Representative Jeremy Gray was selected as one of 19 leaders from across the country to join the...
by The Observer Staff | May 5, 2021 | Obituaries
On Monday, April 26, Butch, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Butch was born Jan. 5, 1941 in San Antonio, Texas. He moved to Opelika in 1954. He was a graduate of Georgia Military College and the University of...
by The Observer Staff | May 5, 2021 | Obituaries
Eula Will Mayberry, born Eula Will Huff on Oct. 20, 1927 in Opelika, passed away on April 28, 2021, surrounded by her devoted daughters.She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Wilmer B. (Ike) Mayberry, parents, J.T. and Eula Huff and her brother, J.T....
by The Observer Staff | May 5, 2021 | Obituaries
Gavin, 78, of Hickory, North Carolina, died April 27, 2021, at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City. A native of Opelika, she was the daughter of the late John Arnold Blanton and Gladys Whatley Blanton. She was preceded in death by her husband,...