by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2024 | Calendar (Upcoming Events)
MISS SOUTHERN UNION PAGEANTA new Miss Southern Union will be crowned on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Renaissance Theater on Southern Union’s Wadley Campus. This is an official preliminary to the Miss Alabama/Miss America Pageant. Admission is $5 at the door....
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2024 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — The plane landed in Tuscaloosa at 8:37 p.m. Central Time. Coach Kalen DeBoer deboarded.He was met with an entourage of photographers and reporters with iPhones. DeBoer’s press conference was scheduled for 1 p.m.It was a blustery, rainy day...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — “Heavenly realms” or “heavenly places” (ESV) is a phrase unique to Ephesians. It comes from the Greek word, epouraniois. This word is found in other places in the NT, but only in Ephesians is it translated this way. Paul uses it five times in...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — I grew up in the church. I don’t remember being in the nursery, but Mama told me that’s where I was, when I was a baby, while she and Daddy participated in worship. When I was 10, I made the decision to be baptized and confirmed as a...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2024 | Obituaries
LYDA WEBB WHITELyda Webb White, 92, of Phenix City passed away on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. She was born in Alexander City on Nov. 24, 1931.Lyda is survived by her two sons, James J. White and Gene Miller; daughter, Jane Wood; grandchildren, Monica Miller, Rachel Legatzke...
