by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION ― Circulating among Methodists lately has been a video of a United Methodist drag queen denouncing the Bible. Openly gay Isaac Simmons is celebrated by some as the first drag queen certified as a candidate for ordination in the United...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Obituaries
Jeanette Vordenbaum, 82 of Opelika, passed away June 21, 2022, at Bethany House. She was born Dec. 21, 1939, in Lee County to Alvis and Faye Taylor. Visitation was held on Friday, June 24, 2022 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home, with a funeral service following at 11...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Obituaries
A funeral service for Faye Lawler Amoroso, of Opelika was held on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Pepperell Baptist Church. A visitation was held on Wednesday, June 22, at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Pastor Mike Newman officiated. Interment followed at Garden...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Obituaries
Willie “Evelyn” Kelley passed away on June 19, 2022. She was 89 years old.She was born in Beulah, Alabama, on March 5, 1933, to the late, Omer Ralph and Ethel Lou Howard Kelley. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Sulla B. Coxwell and brother, James...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 29, 2022 | Obituaries
Gordon M. Anderson was born in Alabama on July 2, 1945, and passed away on June 14, 2022. He was 76 years old.Gordon was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed spending time outdoors and spending time with his family and never missed his grandkids...