by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY THE WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY BOARD AUBURN — The Women’s Philanthropy Board (WPB) will present its Summer Nights event on Thursday, June 22, at the Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Summer Nights will be the culminating event of WPB’s year-long 220th...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | Obituaries
My husband, Joseph (Jobie) Davidson died on June 5, 2023. He’d just had his 80th birthday. We’d been married for 36 years and he was the love of my life. He fought Parkinson’s Disease for 23 years and was the bravest man I know. When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
RELIGION — It was her birthday, June 4. She would have been 91. My son Tim, a forester, took me to the cemetery — the old one, in Wetumpka, our hometown. She grew up there, not far from the cemetery. I called her a city girl. I was a country boy, living on a farm, 12...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | Community
In November 2022, First United Methodist of Opelika celebrated 40 years of Rick Lane’s ministry serving youth in Lee County. At the same time, the members were presented with an opportunity to carry T-shirts with the lyrics to Lane’s favorite song, “Give me...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
RELIGION — Father’s Day is Sunday. I think most of us would agree that while cards, gifts and other expressions of our love and appreciation are nice on the third Sunday of June, we really honor Dad by doing those things he (and Mom) taught and modeled for us. What...
