by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — Nobody knows when it started. But it did. The first jar of pickles to appear on Aunt Bee’s grave in Siler City, North Carolina, showed up in in 1989, the year she died. Legend states that the pickles were probably homemade. Although some...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Last week we looked at the “heavenly realms,” a phrase Paul uses five times in Ephesians. We talked about it being 1) different than heaven, 2) the realm of spirit activity, 3) a place of both good and evil spiritual powers and 4) as real as...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Obituaries
GARY SCOTT TAYLORGary Scott Taylor, 67, of Opelika passed away on Jan. 20, 2024.A ceremony to celebrate Gary’s life will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 12 noon in the Chapel at Frederick-Dean Funeral home.Born on July 13, 1956, in Battle Creek, Michigan, Gary...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — He was already 77 years old when I met E. Stanley Jones, but God used that encounter with Brother Stanley to change my life. He was the evangelist at an Ashram, a spiritual life retreat that my wife and I attended at Silver Springs,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2024 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D MARK MITCHELL BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — WRESTLINGTwo Opelika High student-athletes, Heidi Peralta-Fernandez and Gabrielle Reese, earned a trip to the AHSAA Girls State Wrestling Championship. Neither won their weight class, but both performed well at the...
