Subscribe Now!

Obituaries Articles

Remembering Woody Ross: 1949-2025

BY JOHN ATKINSONFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — You meet people in a number of ways. Through school or work. Through church or friends. Through speeding tickets or flat tires.My friendship with Woody Ross began through an index card on a bulletin board.Always one to do...
Read More

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 in our hearts; they provide us with unconditional sustenance, love and kindness. They heal our wounds and grant us hope...
Read More

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, in Opelika, Alabama, where she lived the majority of her life and proudly called her home. She was a graduate of...
Read More

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 Dec. 11, 2025. He died the day after celebrating his 76th Birthday. Woody was born in Opelika on Dec. 10, 1949. He lived...
Read More