by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2022 | Community, Events
Saturday, June 10, the city of Auburn hosted its annual SummerNight Downtown Art Walk. The free event in Auburn’s entertainment district transformed the streets into a canvassed art exhibit. Merchats and restaurants stayed out late as the work of local artists...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2022 | Community, Events
More than 20 volunteers from Lee County spent their Saturday morning, June 11, working to help clear brush and rubbish at Sites 1, 2 and 3 of the George and Addie Giddens Cemetery on Frederick Road in Opelika. The service project brought volunteers from Opelika City...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2022 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION— Three of my siblings were born in a hospital. My sister Neva and I were born at home, a humble home in the country 12 miles from the small town of Wetumpka, Alabama. Eventually I would be the oldest of the 45 grandchildren of my mother’s...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2022 | Obituaries
James “Edd” Edward Williams died on June 2, 2022. He is preceded in death by his parents, Shirley Elaine Williams and James Edgar “Jim” Williams. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Demeta Williams, sister Wanda (Horace) Clanton, daughters, Nikki Patterson and...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2022 | Obituaries
Evelyn Bell Hansard, 97, of Auburn, Alabama, passed away on June 6, 2022. Evelyn was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the late Cecil Ernest and Katie May Shields Bell on August 20, 1924. She graduated from Valley Head High School and attended University of...
