BY JOHN ATKINSONFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — You meet people in a number of ways. Through school or work. Through church or friends. Through speeding...
Remembering Woody Ross: 1949-2025
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Obituaries Articles
Obituaries | Week of Dec. 29, 2025
LAURE MAJDALANI NÉE WAKIM “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8). Mothers are our eternal angels; they live forever...
Obituaries | Week of Dec. 22, 2025
JUNE MASTERS ROYAL June Masters Royal passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. June was born on Feb. 28, 1945,...
Obituaries | Week of Dec. 15, 2025
WOODROW DODSON ROSSIt is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Woodrow Dodson Ross, better known in the community as Woody Ross, on...
Obituaries | Week of Dec. 8, 2025
CHARITY VICTORIA JONESCharity Victoria Jones was born April 10, 1970, in Clay County, Alabama. After a hard battle with cancer, she was called home...
Obituaries | Week of December 2, 2025
BENJAMIN CRAWFORD BLASINGAME Benjamin Crawford Blasingame, 91, of Opelika, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Ben was born...
Obituaries | Week of Nov. 24, 2025
WILLIAM OLIVER “BILLY” DELOACH William Oliver “Billy” DeLoach, 65, of Opelika, passed from this life to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on...
Obituaries | Week go Nov. 20, 2025
NELLENE CHADWICK WARD Family and friends will miss the love, loyalty and fun of Nellene Chadwick Ward, of Salem, Alabama, who passed on Nov. 11,...
Obituaries | Week of Nov. 10, 2025
John PlumbA graveside service will be held in Auburn Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday, Nov. 12, beginning at 1 p.m. CST. A full obituary and...