Obituaries Articles

Obituaries | April 25, 2024

MARTHA R. (MARTY) SKELTONMartha R. (Marty) Skelton, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend passed away on April 18, 2024.Born on Nov. 16, 1933, to Aaron B. and Ulna Mae Rogers, Marty embraced life to the maximum with her adventurous...

OBITUARIES | APRIL 18, 2024

Upcoming Services BARBARA ADKINS SMITHGraveside service, 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18Center Baptist Church CECILE WHITE LOVVORNMemorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18Curtis & Sons North Chapel, Sylacauga JOHN DAVID KENNEDYMemorial service 3 p.m. Thursday, April...

Tribute to The Observer columnist Greg Markley

Gregory Michael Markley, a beloved husband, son and brother, passed away on March 15, 2024, at the age of 67. A funeral service was held in the Chapel at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home on April 6 and he was laid to rest April 10 at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery.Markley,...

Upcoming Funeral Services | April 11, 2024

DR. STEWARD SCHNELLERMemorial service 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 11 Auburn United Methodist Church ANTHONY "TONY" DEAN, JR.Funeral Service 10 a.m., Friday, April 12Jeffcoat Trant Chapel JOHN AARON BATCHELOR JR.Funeral service 11 a.m., Saturday, April 13Auburn church...

Margaret Lynch Melson

Margaret was part of the Greatest Generation. She was born Feb. 17, 1920 to Lois and Jesse Linch near Salem, Alabama. Despite some moving about the...

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Mary Frances Moore Whatley

Mary Frances Moore Whatley passed away on Nov. 28, 2020. She was born on Oct. 30, 1939 in Auburn, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husband...

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Judith “Judy” Brazell Mader

Judith “Judy” Brazell Mader

Judith “Judy” Brazell Mader, 82, of Ocala, Florida, passed away peacefully in her home at Bridgewater Park on Nov. 27, 2020.  She was born April 2,...

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James William Lauderdale

James William Lauderdale, 65, of Opelika passed away Nov. 18 at EAMC. Visitation was held on Nov. 20 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Funeral...

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Marzelle Wheat Hambrick

Wheat Hambrick, 92, of Opelika, passed away Nov. 17 at her residence. Visitation was held on Nov. 20 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. with a...

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Jean “Miss Moses” Henderson

Jean “Miss Moses” Henderson of Opelika was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 18, 1927 and passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on Nov. 18,...

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Phillip “Larry” Medli

Larry passed away Nov. 19, 2020 at Bethany House. Larry was born in West Point, Georgia on Aug. 30, 1940. He proudly served in the United States...

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James William Lauderdale

James William Lauderdale, 65, of Opelika passed away Nov. 18 at EAMC. Visitation was held on Nov. 20 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Funeral...

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Marzelle Wheat Hambrick

Wheat Hambrick, 92, of Opelika, passed away Nov. 17 at her residence. Visitation was held on Nov. 20 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. with a...

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