by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
On Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, Helen Roberta Brothers, loving mother, grandmother and friend, passed away at age 86. She was born to James and Helen Evans on Oct. 24, 1936, in Hartford, Connecticut. Six months and one bitter winter later, the family gained their senses,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Judith “Judy” Ann Perkins was born on Aug. 17, 1940, in Opelika, and passed peacefully into her heavenly home at the age of 82 on Jan. 18, 2023. She was surrounded by family who loved her immensely. Judy was born to William Henry Perry and Mary Jimmerson Perry in...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Joseph Stanley Jackson, a resident of Opelika since 1972, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham. Joe, the youngest of eight children, was born Aug. 8, 1945, in East Tallasee, Alabama, to Ernest Leon Jackson and Easel Webster Jackson....
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Richard L. Shackelford was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, on Feb. 4, 1947, the oldest of three sons of Richard James and Gladys Marie Shackelford. After graduating from Church Hill High School in 1967, he was drafted into the Army and stationed in Fort Hood, Texas,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Education, Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INC. LEE COUNTY — The Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention are joining local and state leaders at Child Care Resource Center in Opelika on Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. to present a check in the amount of about $1.4...
