OPELIKA — The Fearsome Foursome — that’s the nickname that my husband Mike gave to Tom Patton (Daddy), Barbara Patton (Mama), Aunt Jenny and Aunt Betty (Daddy’s older sisters) some years ago. That lively, funny quartet had a lot of adventures before my aunts and Daddy...

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned many times, I am a fried chicken freak. A little over a year ago, I noticed a billboard in Opelika, which advertised Susie K’s Country Cooking and decided to give it a try. To my delight, the restaurant had: 1. delicious...

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE August 1996 — I was about to begin my seventh year of teaching in LaGrange, Georgia, at a new school. However, I dearly loved teaching at Lee’s Crossing Middle School, my home away from home for six years and didn’t want to leave it....

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve previously mentioned, Mike and I moved to Auburn in November of 2015. Shortly thereafter, we moved our letter and joined Central Baptist Church of Opelika. We are only Twenty-Five miles from my Mama in Dadeville; 4.1 miles from our...