Obituaries Articles

ANITA C. HELMS

Anita C. Helms, 70, of Opelika, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Mrs. Helms was born April 16, 1952, to parents James and Elizabeth Cunningham in Macon County, Alabama. Mrs. Helms spent most of her life in Lee County, as she was a manager at Goody’s and was a...

BETTY JO NELSON

Betty Jo was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer in April 2022 and lost her battle with the disease on Feb. 22, 2023, at Bethany House. She was 89. Betty Jo was born in Opp, Alabama, at the start of the Great Depression, the first child of Woodrow and Addie Pearl...

BOB WHITTENBURG

Bob Whittenburg, age 84, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2023, at Bethany House in Auburn. He was born on May 22, 1938, in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, the 12th of 13 children, to Ada Mae and Carlos Whittenburg. Bob grew up on a dairy farm where he learned the value...

DR. ARTHUR BERTRUM CARROLL III

Dr. Arthur Bertrum “Butch” Carroll III, 74, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at Bethany House Hospice Home in Auburn. Butch was born Oct. 2, 1948, in Columbus, Georgia, the son of A.B. Carroll Jr. and Vivian Carroll. He had such fond memories of growing up in the small...

Judy A. Letlow

Judy A. Letlow was born in Opelika to the late Milford and Mary Lee Allen on Feb. 4, 1944 and passed away at Bethany House on April 4, 2021. She was...

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Peggy Sue Tillery

Peggy Sue Tillery of Beulah, Alabama passed away at her residence on  April 4, 2021. She was born in LaGrange, Georgia on Feb. 11, 1957. She...

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Dawn C. Yates

Dawn C. Yates of Valley, Alabama was born in Langdale, Alabama on Oct. 22, 1953 and passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on April 4, 2021. She...

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Mavalene LaGrone

A memorial service for Mavalene LaGrone will be held on April 17, 2021, at 2 p.m. Pastor R. Keith Elliott will officiate the service at the First...

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Milford Donald Arwood

Donald Arwood of Opelika passed away at the age of 83 years on March 27, 2021 at EAMC. He was born on April 6, 1937 to the late George Martin Arwood...

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Mark Raley Morris

Mark Raley Morris, 28, was reunited with his beloved Gramps on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Raley died of injuries sustained in a car accident in...

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R C Cannon

R C Cannon, 89 of Opelika, passed away March 29 at his residence. Visitation was from noon until 2 p.m. on April 1 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral...

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Leah Land Teel

Leah Teel of Opelika, Alabama and formerly of Panama City,  Florida, passed away Thursday March 25, 2021. She was 93 years old. Leah was born...

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John D. Godwin

John D. Godwin, 85, died peacefully surrounded by his family on March 25, 2021 at Arbor Springs. He was born on April 30, 1935 in Tallassee,...

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