by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Opelika High girls and boys Track and Field team participated in the AHSAA 7A State Track and Field Meet in Gulf Shores.The following athletics finished in the top 10 in their respective events. Congratulations to all athletes qualifying...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Obituaries
PEGGY BLANTON Mrs. Peggy Blanton, 80, of LaFayette, Alabama, died Monday, May 5, 2025, at herresidence. She was born Oct. 24, 1944, in LaFayette to the late Homer Hurst and AnnieLauderdale Hurst.Mrs. Blanton was a member of LaFayette Heights Baptist Church and worked...
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...
