by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Earlene Hunter Dent, 97, passed away quietly on Friday, April 7, 2023, at East Alabama Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents Leonidas and Mary Lou Hunter of Greenwood, Mississippi; husband Joseph H. Dent Jr. of Auburn; and brother Billy Leon Hunter...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Obituaries
Mary Patricia “Patty” Puig Mueller made her journey home in the early morning of April 2, 2023. Those who know her and her devotion to the Catholic Church may (correctly) surmise she had a hand in the timing of her exit — it was on Palm Sunday and not...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA — Effective Monday, April 10, new rules, regulations and pricing will be in place for all public Opelika cemeteries — Rosemere, Garden Hills and Evergreen. “The city has not revised cemetery rules and pricing since 2015,”...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 9, 2023 | Community, Events, Featured
CONTRIBUTED BY THE OAKS AGENCY AUBURN — Hornsby Farms is partnering with local nonprofit The Nourish Foundation for a dinner and silent auction fundraising event at Twenty-One Acre Farms on April 12 at 6 p.m. Hornsby Farms is a fully functioning farm and business in...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Community
BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — What makes a hero? That is what former Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes explores in his debut novel, “The Hero Rule: Is It Justice…Or Murder?” Set to release on Amazon April 11, “The Hero Rule” follows...
