by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Obituaries
JAMES WESLEY THRIFTMr. James Wesley Thrift, 85, of Opelika passed away on May 3, 2025. He was born to Thomas Wesley and Ethel Thrift on Feb. 22, 1940.A funeral service will be held in the Chapel at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home on Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m. A...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Featured
CONTRIBUTED BYCAITLYN GRIFFIN AUBURN— Larry Green was diagnosed in May 2024 with rapid onset dropped head syndrome, a rare condition characterized by severe weakness in the neck extensor muscles.By October, he could no longer hold his head up unless he was in a...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — I dearly love the song, “Precious Memories.” The one line that continually bubbles up in my mind is the song’s basic theme: “Precious memories, how they linger, how they ever flood my soul.”Ah yes, they do so linger. Since Dean’s death, my...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — It’s the person looking for glasses that are perched atop their head or someone searching for keys that are still in the door. Paul tells us in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Featured
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — In a story of extraordinary faith, friendship and sacrifice, Steven Register, a husband, father of three and former Auburn University baseball star who went on to pitch in the Major Leagues for the Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia...
