by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Obituaries
Charles Curtis Lindner, of Auburn, was born on July 21, 1938, in Tampa, Florida, and passed peacefully into Heaven on Feb. 21, 2023. He was 84 years old. Mr. Lindner was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He graduated from Decatur High School in 1956, and...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Obituaries
Anita C. Helms, 70, of Opelika, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Mrs. Helms was born April 16, 1952, to parents James and Elizabeth Cunningham in Macon County, Alabama. Mrs. Helms spent most of her life in Lee County, as she was a manager at Goody’s and was a...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Obituaries
Betty Jo was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer in April 2022 and lost her battle with the disease on Feb. 22, 2023, at Bethany House. She was 89. Betty Jo was born in Opp, Alabama, at the start of the Great Depression, the first child of Woodrow and Addie Pearl...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Obituaries
Bob Whittenburg, age 84, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2023, at Bethany House in Auburn. He was born on May 22, 1938, in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, the 12th of 13 children, to Ada Mae and Carlos Whittenburg. Bob grew up on a dairy farm where he learned the value...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Bruce Green
RELIGION — The Torah’s good neighbor policy (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) was about more than simply making sure everyone’s lost ox, sheep, cloak or “anything else” (see v. 3) found its way back to its owner. It was about cultivating community. Lost animals or objects simply...
