by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | Bruce Green, Column
By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Walter Cronkite was news anchor for CBS from the early 1960s to the early ‘80s. He walked a generation through their share of difficult times: the assassinations of President Kennedy, Dr. Martin...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | Events
Contributed by the Potters of Rockbrook The Potters of Rockbrook and Opelika Empty Bowls recently lost a very special person. Rest in Peace, James Spain. James Houston Spain – Oct. 11, 1956 ~ Jan. 26, 2021 James Houston Spain was a Renaissance man. He built...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | Obituaries
Janice was married to Paul Douglas Jenkins on Dec. 23, 1956, six months before graduating from Opelika’s Clifton High School in 1957. They were married for several years, and had two daughters, Pamela L Cox (Marvin) and Kimberly E. Jenkins. She also had 2 grandsons,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | Obituaries
Huey Long Strickland of Opelika was born in Mashulville, Mississippi to the late Wilbur and Lottie Foster Strickland on May 24, 1936 and passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on Feb. 9, 2021. He was 84 years old. Huey was preceded in death by a grandson; great...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | Obituaries
Wayland Lee Dunn, Sr. of Opelika was born to the late Henon and Beatrice Criswell Dunn in Nashville, Tennessee on Aug. 28, 1936 and passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on Feb. 10, 2021. He was 84 years old. Wayland attended Montgomery Catholic High School Class...