ROBERT “ELBERT” BELLFLOWER

Robert “Elbert” Bellflower of Opelika, passed away peacefully at his residence on Nov. 7, 2022. He was 85 years old. Robert was a member of Lakeside Church of God. He loved the great outdoors; gardening was a favorite hobby of his, he even helped with the...

ALBERT KENNETH CADENHEAD

Albert Kenneth Cadenhead died peacefully at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, on Nov. 7, 2022, at the age of 90. Kenneth is survived by his brothers Paul Cadenhead, Clarence (Dottie) Cadenhead, Ellis (Carol) Cadenhead, his sister Anne Patrick, and his children...

DEBORAH PITZER

Deborah Pitzer was born in Detroit, Michigan, on June 7, 1954, to Dorothy Joan Frankman and Christopher Dean Culver as the first of four children. She grew up in Denver and Parker, Colorado, and graduated from Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado, in...
A Journey with MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers

A Journey with MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers

CONTRIBUTED BY BETH PINYERD OPELIKA — In 1986, when my infant son Gus was born and got his first hug at East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC), my husband and I, full of excitement, brought home our baby son. After we got home, we both realized that we did not have a clue...
Why God Should Be Praised

Why God Should Be Praised

RELIGION — Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. – Psalm 146:1-2 Tremble when you turn in your Bible to Jeremiah. The weeping prophet lived 600 years before Christ, but he wrote about what God...